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BY 

JOSEPH     H I L  L  M  A  N 


"Walk  about  Zion,  and  go  round  about  her;  tell  the  towers  thereof. 
Mark  ye  well  her  bulwarks,  consider  her  palaces  ;  that  ye  may  tell  it  to  the 
generation  following." — Psalm  XLVIII  :  12,  13. 


PUBLISHED  BY  JOSEPH  HILLMAN, 
TROY,  N.  Y. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1888.  by 

JOSEPH  HILLMAN, 

in  tne  office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 
All  rights  reserved. 


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DEDICATED 

TO    THE 

MEMBERS  OF  THE  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 

IN  TROY,  N.  Y., 

WITH  WHOM  I  HAVE  BEEN  ASSOCIATED   IN 

RELIGIOUS  WORK  SINCE 

MY  BOYHOOD. 


[CORRESPONDENCE   OF  THE   TROY   CONFERENCE   HISTORICAL   SOCIETY  J. 

SARATOGA  SPRINGS,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  28,  1887. 

JOSEPH  HILLMAN,  Esq., 

Dear  Sir: — At  the  meeting  of  the  Troy  Conference  Historical 
Society,  held  at  Round  Lake,  N.  Y. ,  a  few  days  ago,  on  motion  of 
the  Rev.  H.  C.  Farrar,  D.  D. ,  you  were  invited  to  deliver  an  address 
before  the  society  on  the  origin  and  development  of  Methodism  in 
Troy,  at  such  a  date  as  might  be  convenient  for  you  to  comply  with 
the  request.  Yours  truly> 

B.    HAWLEY, 
President  of  Troy  Conf.  Hist.  Soc. 

TROY,   N.  Y. ,  November  29,    1887. 
REV.   B.    HAWLEY,   D.  D., 

Dear  Sir : — I  shall  with  no  little  pleasure  undertake  the  prepara- 
tion of  an  historical  sketch  of  the  origin  and  growth  of  Methodism 
in  Troy  as  requested  by  you,  and  when  the  inviting  task  shall  have 
been  completed  I  shall  notify  you  of  my  readiness  to  comply  with  the 
request  \Vith  much  respect, 

I  am  yours, 

JOSEPH   HILLMAN. 

At  the  close  of  the  semi-annual  meeting  of  the 
Troy  Conference  Historical  Society,  held  in  the  State 
Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  on 
January  19,  1888,  Mr.  Hillman  read  parts  of  his  man- 
uscript prepared  by  him  at  the  request  of  the  society. 
On  motion  of  the  Rev.  J.  E.  C.  Sawyer,  the  following 
resolution  was  adopted : 

"  Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  society  be  tendered  to  Brother  Joseph 
Hillman  for  his  exceedingly  interesting  and  valuable  address,  and  that  he  be 
requested  to  complete  his  account  of  Methodism  in  Troy  and  publish  it  in 
book  form." 


PREFACE. 


In  attempting  to  present  the  different  lights  and 
shadows  which  have  fallen  upon  Methodism  in  Troy, 
I  have  been  governed  by  the  thought  that  by  carefully 
describing  the  circumstances  of  the  little  band  of 
Christian  men  and  women  who  organized  the  first 
Methodist  society  in  Troy,  and  by  judiciously  portray- 
ing its  growth  from  year  to  year,  and  by  occasionally 
relating  such  incidents  as  conspicuously  illustrated  its 
life  and  development,  I  should  succeed  in  placing  the 
mother  of  the  eight  other  flourishing  Methodist 
societies  in  the  foreground  of  this  history,  which  all 
will  acknowledge  by  parental  right  she  should  occupy. 
The  histories  of  the  later  organized  societies,  the  reader 
will  perceive,  have  been  written  with  no  less  pains- 
taking to  make  them  comprehensive  and  interesting. 
The  scanty  information  contained  in  the  records  of 
several  of  the  societies  has  caused  the  writer  to  regret 
his  inability  to  give  more  particulars  concerning  the 
histories  of  those  churches.  Whatever  important 
data  he  could  obtain  he  has  made  use  of,  both  in  the 


viii  PRKKACE. 

general  text  and  in  the  statistics.  The  valuable  tables 
and  other  summaries  will  likewise  be  appreciated  by 
the  reader.  The  prominence  of  the  writer's  name  in 
some  parts  of  the  work  should  not  hastily  be  assumed 
as  egotism  on  his  part,  but  as  an  unavoidable  conse- 
quence of  his  purpose  to  afford  all  the  information 
which  might  be  desired  respecting  the  subject  treated 
by  him. 

The  available  benefits  of  such  sources  of  informa- 
tion as  the  "  Rise  of  Methodism  in  Troy,"  by  Phebe 
Curtis,  the  "  Historical  Sermon  "  of  the  Rev.  Erastus 
Wentworth,  D.  D.,  preached  in  the  old  brick  State 
Street  Church,  on  Thanksgiving  Day,  1866,  the 
"  Memorial  Discourse  "  of  the  Rev.  George  W.  Brown, 
delivered  in  the  same  building  previous  to  its  demo- 
lition, and  the  several  local  histories  of  A.  J.  Weise, 
M.  A.,  I  desire  to  mention  here  as  having  been  of 
much  advantage  to  me  in  the  preparation  of  this  work. 
I  am  under  many  obligations  also  to  the  Rev.  J.  E. 
Bowen  and  other  persons,  who  have  kindly  furnished 
me  with  valuable  papers  and  memoranda. 

The  fine  engravings  illustrating  the  work  were  made 
by  the  Moss  Engraving  Company,  of  New  York,  from 
photographs  of  buildings  taken  by  James  Irving,  and 
of  persons  taken  by  James  H.  Lloyd  of  this  city.  The 
engraving  of  the  members  of  the  Troy  Conference, 


PREFACE.  ix 

forming  a  group  of  nearly  two  hundred  persons,  is 
one  of  so  great  excellence  that  it  merits  special  com- 
mendation. If  I  have  succeeded  in  accomplishing  the 
pleasant  task  assigned  me  by  the  Troy  Conference 
Historical  Society,  I  shall  not  deem  my  time  and  labor 
to  have  been  uselessly  expended. 

JOSEPH  HILLMAN. 

TROY,  N.  Y.,  July  2,   1888. 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


1.  Joseph  Hillman,   frontispiece. 

2.  Members  of  the  Troy  Conference,  1888-89,  •       xvr 

3.  Rensselaer  County  Court  House,  1807.  21 

4.  First  Methodist  Meeting-house  in  Troy,   1809,  -  26 

5.  State  Street  M.  E.  Brick  Church,  1827,  -  51 

6.  State  Street  M.  E.  Stone  Church  and  Chapel,  -        69 
7  Pawling  Avenue  M.  E.  Church,  84 

8.  Fifth  Avenue  (North  Second  Street)  M.  E.  Church,  89 

9.  Levings  M.  E.  Church  and  Parsonage,  95 

10.  Third  Street  M.  E.  Church,  99 

11.  Trinity  (Congress  Street)  M.  E.  Church,  103 

12.  Residence  of  Isaac  Hillman,  -       106 

13.  Isaac  Hillman,  109 

14.  Grace  (Vail  Avenue)  M.  E.  Church,  -       113 

15.  First  German  M.  E.  Church,  115 
L*   16.  A.  M.  E   Zion  Church.  -       119 

17.  MEMBERS  of  the  TROY  PRAYING  BAND,  1859,  Plate  i. 

Barker,  Thomas,  Hall,  Rev.  George  A. 

Bennett,  Lyman  Harris,  William 

Bristol,  George  Hillman,  Joseph 

Farrar,  Rev.   H.  C.  Howland,  Gardner 

Gregory,  Rev.  G.  H.  McPherson,  Alexander 

Travis,  Jacob  137 

18.  MEMBERS  of  the  TROY  PRAYING  BAND,  1859,  Plate  2. 

Bates,  John  C.  Osbon,  Rev.  E.  S. 

Carlin,  Thomas  Quackenbush,  R. 

Coburn,  Robert  Smith,  W.  L. 

Hawxhurst,  Rev   P.  R.  Usher,  Bloomfield 

Merchant,  G.  W.  (Albany)  Usher,  sr. ,  John 

Merchant,  G.  W.  (Troy)'  Usher,  jr.,  John  138 

19.  MEMBERS  of  the  TROY  PRAYING  BAND,  1869. 

Bennett,  H.  W.  Howland.  G. 

Coburn.  R  Howland,  Rev.  E.  C. 

Devol,  Rev.  J.  Hull,  L. 

Harris,  W  McPherson,  A. 

Hillman,  J.  Senter,  Rev.  M.  A. 

Holman,  D.  C.  Smith,  Sanford 

Van  Cott,  E.  B.  141 


ILLUSTRATIONS.  xi 

20.  MEMBERS  of  the  TROY  PRAYING  BAND,  1888. 

Barker,  T.  Hartshorn,  E.  A. 

Brainerd,  Rev.  C.  Hillman,  J. 

Curtis,  H.  C.  Hull,  L. 

Foster,  W.  Kurd,  R.  B. 

French,  R.  Morey,  C.  E. 

Harris,  W.  Slason,  Rev.  J.  L. 

Smith,  W.  E.  145 

21.  OFFICERS  of  the  TROY  WOMAN'S  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY, 

1887-88. 

Bascom,  Mrs.  H.  C.  Farrar,  Mrs.  H.  C. 

Beiermeister,  Mrs.   F.  Graham,  Mrs.  H. 

Carnrick,  Mrs.   P.  Griffin,  Mrs.  W. 

Clark,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Henderson,  Miss  F. 

Converse,  Mrs.   P.  W.  Hillman,  Mrs.  J. 

Curtis,  Mrs.  H.  C.  Hulburt,  Mrs.  C.  W. 

Curtis,  Mrs.  S.  Lyon,  Mrs.  A.  D. 

Daboll,  Mrs.  W.  C.  Quackenbush,  Mrs.  J.  T. 

Davis,  Miss  Mary  Simpson,  Mrs.  E.  W. 

'Wood,  Mrs.   J.  W.  158 

22.  Mrs.  Ordelia  M.  Hillman,        -  162 

23.  Mrs.  Lucy  S.  Sawyer,         -  165 

24.  OFFICERS  of  the  METHODIST  LADIES'  AID  SOCIETIES  in  Troy, 

1887-88. 

Atwell,  Mrs.  J.  L.  Harriot,  Mrs   M.  J. 

Benedict,  Mrs.  C.  Hastings,  Mrs.  G.  C. 

Birchmore,  Mrs.  S.  C.  Hawley,  Mrs.  C.  R. 

Bissell,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Hillman,  Mrs.  J. 

Blake,  Mrs.  G.  E.  House,  Mrs.  E.  O. 

Cary,  Mrs.  S.   T.  Ide,  Mrs.  J.  C. 

Curtis,  Miss  Jessie  M.  McPherson,  Mrs.  J.  A. 

Dow,  Mrs.  P.  L  Rush,  Mrs.  R. 

Graham,  Mrs.   H.  Van  Alstyne,  Mrs.  G. 

Greenwood,  Mrs.  W.  Warner,  Miss  Jessie  L. 

Haller,  Mrs.  J.   P.  Wheeler,  Mrs.  N.  A.  171 

25.  PASTOR,    TRUSTEES,    AND   STEWARDS   of   the   STATE   STREET 

M.   E.  CHURCH,    1874. 

Rev.  H.  D.  Kimball, 

Avery,  L.  R.  Douglass,  G.  L. 

Belden,  E.  Faulkner,  Jonas. 

Cary,  S.  T.  Jones,  Octavous 

Cluett,  Edmund  Morey,  M.  W. 

Cluett,  George  B.  Morris,  G.  W. 

Cluett,  J.  W.  A.  Peabody,  S.  J. 

Cluett,  Robert  Peckham,  Reuben 

Converse,  P.  W.  Stone,  G.  A.                             179 


rii  ILLUSTRATIONS. 

26.      MEMBERS  of  the  OFFICIAL   BOARD  of  the  STATE  STREET 
M.  E.  CHURCH,    1887-88. 

Archibald,  J.   C.  Horton,  G.  W. 

A  very,  L.  R.  House,  E.  O. 

Belden,  E.  Klock,  jr.,  U. 

Bontecou,  D.  F.  Mai  lory,  S. 

Burrows.  E.  A.  Mann,  W.  H. 

duett,  F.  H.  Morey,  C.  E. 

Cluett,  W.  Morey,  M.  W. 

Converse,  P.  W.  Patterson,  T.  W.  P. 

Crampton,  A.  Peckham,  W.  M. 

Crandell.  J.  Podmore,  J.  W.  F. 

Fellows,  A.  C.  Sawyer,  Rev.  J.  E.  C. 

Hillman,  J.  Stone,  G.  A.  185 

27  MEMBERS  of  the  OFFICIAL  BOARD  of  the  PAWLING  AVENUE 
M.    E.   CHURCH,  1887-88. 

Clark,  Rev.  J.  H.  Hollister,  W.  H. 

Craver.  W.  Pettit,  G.  W. 

De  Freest,  J.  Snyder,  A. 

Fredericks,  A.  Youmans,  I.  N. 

Hastings,  G.  C.  Vandenburgh,  C.  H. 

Henderson,  J.  Weatherwax,  G. 

Wendell,  P.  208 

28.  MEMBERS   of  the   OFFICIAL   BOARD   of  the    FIFTH  AVENUE 

M.   E.  CHURCH,    1887-88. 

Banker,  A.  D  Leggett,  J.  A. 

Benedict,  C.  H.  Lyon,  A.  D. 

Bogardus,  I.  Pettit,  P.  S. 

Boutwell,  O.  Pike,  W.  H. 

Bunce,  A.  A.  Pulis,  A.  W. 

Curtis,  H.  C.  Rowe,  W.  H. 

Ford,  H.  Rowley,  C.  W. 

Ide,  J.  C.  Simpson,  E.  W. 

Gray,  C.  B.  Streeter,  L.  D. 

Hewett,  R.  W.  Van  Alstyne,  G.  W. 

Hughes,  G.  Waldron,  E.  D. 

Hurd,  R.  B.  Whited,  A. 

Leggett,  J.  Wood,  S.  L.  215 

29.  MEMBERS    of  the   OFFICIAL   BOARD   of  the  THIRD   STREET 

M.   E.  CHURCH,    1887-88. 

Birkenshaw,  L.  Hayes,  J. 

Bowns,  G.  M.  Hislop,  T.  W. 

Bord,  S.  Klock,  jr.,  D. 

Clay  don.  W.  Patterson,  T.  W.  P. 

De  Freest.  J.  Shetland,  J. 

Golledge,  K.  Shroder,  C.  J. 

Greer,  D.  Taylor.  S.  L. 

Haller,  Rev.  J.  P.  Vipond,  B. 

Weston,  J.  229 


ILLUSTRATIONS.  xiii 

30.  MEMBERS  of  the  OFFICIAL  BOARD  of  TRINITY  M.  E.  CHURCH, 

1887-88. 

Allen,  S.  P.  Edwards,  T. 

Austin,  J.  C.  Edwards.  W.  H. 

Beiermeister,  jr.,  F.  Foster,  W. 

Bickford,  I.  Hillman,  ]. 

Bounds,  J.  H.  Hulbert,  C.  W. 

Bussing,  I.  S.  Kennedy,  H.   S. 

Gary,  G.  W.  Manning,  W.  H. 

Clint,  A.  McPherson,  J.  A. 

Crannell,  J.  Roth,   L. 

Dow,  Rev.  P.  L.  Sibley,  N.  H. 

Edwards,  E.  Smith,  W.   E. 

Wood,  J.  W.  235 

31.  MEMBERS  of  the  OFFICIAL  BOARD  of  LEVINGS  M.  E.  CHURCH, 

1887-88. 

Carr,  William  Dufty,  J. 

Cole,  Robert  Iler,"j.  H. 

Graver,  L.  Jones,  F. 

Graver,  P.  H.  Herzog,  C.  J. 

Curtis,  S.  R.  Pagett,  M. 

Danks,  R.  Shaver,  N. 

Downs,  S.  Smith,  J. 

Dufty,  D.  Travell,  J.   K.  248 

32.  MEMBERS  of  the  OFFICIAL  BOARD  of  GRACE  (VAIL  AVENUE) 

M.   E.  CHURCH,  1887-88. 

Ames,  J.  A.  Cooper,  B. 

Atwell,  Rev.  J.  L.  Davis,  C.  B. 

Bascom,  Chester  Fry,  E.  A. 

Bascom,  H.  C.  Glasson,  ]. 

Bennett,  W.  Humphrey,   I.  P. 

Blake,  G.  E.  Lansing,  N. 

Bond,  G.  F.  Nichols,  I. 

Bristol,  D.  N.  Palmer,  A.  E. 

Burch,  L.  Sherwood,  E.  B. 

Carnrick,  G.  W.  Vandervoort,  F.  D. 

Carnrick,  P.  Wheeler,  W. 

Clark,  C.  H.  Wheeler,  W.  M. 

Wooster,  J.  N.  256 

33.  MEMBERS  of  the  OFFICIAL  BOARD  of  the  FIRST    GERMAN 

M.   E.  CHURCH,    1887-88. 

Beiermeister,  sr. ,  F.  Kurth,  Rev.  W.  H. 

Eppelle,  sr. ,  F.  Richter,  L. 

Fischer.  A.  Ruth,  P. 

Hass,  H.  Schaal,  L, 

Hess,  sr. ,  W.  Schmah,  H. 

Keller,    ].  Warnken.  H. 

Kreiss,  H.  Xnnder,  G.  J.  269 


xiv  ILLUSTRATIONS. 

34.  MEMBERS  of  the  OFFICIAL  BOARD  of  the  A.  M.  E.  ZION  CHURCH, 

1887-88. 

Archer,  W.  S.  Jackson,  P.  M.     Kemp,  H. 

Birchmore,  Rev.  S.  C.    Gidney,  C.  T.        Kemp,  W. 
Davis,  J.  H.  Kemp,  J.  A.          Scott,  W.  A. 

TRUSTEES  IN  TRUST. 
Hillman,  J.  House,  E.   O.         Curtis,  H.  C.       276 

35.  DECEASED  METHODIST  MINISTERS. 

(It  was  not  possible  to  procure  pictures  of  all  the  ministers  belonging  in  this  class.) 

Barber,   Lorenzo  Maffitt,  J.  Newland 

Bedell,  William  Meeker,  Berea  O. 

Bidwell,  Ira  G.  Phillips,  Zebulon 

Brown,  George  J.  Pomeroy,  Benjamin 

Brown,  Stephen  D.  Senter,  M.  Alverson 

Chichester,  Elijah  Seymour.  Truman 

Coleman,  Seymour  Spicer,  Tobias 

Dow,  Lorenzo  Starks,  Desevignia 

Farr,  Alfred  A.  Steele,  Allen 

Goss,  Ephraim  Stout,  Edward  S. 

Howe,  Samuel  Stover,  Ensign 

Hulburd,  David  P.  Washburn,  Sanford 

Levings,  Noah  Wentworth,  Erastus  283 

36.  METHODIST  MINISTERS  STATIONED  IN  TROY  IN    1887-88. 

Atwell,  J.  L.  Haller,  J.  P. 

Birchmore,  S.  C.  Hawley,  C.  R. 

Clark.  J.  H.  Kurth,  W.  H. 

Dow,  P.  L.  McKean,  S.  (P.  E. ) 

Graham,  H.  Meeker,  W.  H. 

Sawyer,  J.  E.  C.  301 

37.  METHODIST  MINISTERS  STATIONED  IN  TROY  PRIOR  TO  1885. 

(All  the  ministers  were  invited  to  appear  at  a  given  time  to  be  photographed 
but  the  following  only  could  be  present.) 

Braman,  E.  A.  Groat,  W.  H. 

Brown,  George  W.  Loomis,  B.  B. 

Fallon,  J.  G.  Meredith,  Samuel 

Farrar.  H.  C.  Quinlan,  J.  Wesley 

Griffin,  William  Thompson,  J.  Wesley 

Williams,  S.  M.  305 

38.  Grace  M.  E.  Church.  Sixth  (Vail)  Avenue.  333 


HISTORY 


METHODISM     IN     TROY. 


HE  eminent  Scottish  divine,  the  Rev.  Thomas 
Chalmers,  D.D.,  once  said,  that  Methodism  was 
Christianity  in  earnest.  I  think  that  is  not  only  true, 
but  I  call  it  aggressive  Christianity.  It  not  only  enters 
the  great  centers  of  population,  but  it  finds  its  way  to 
the  distant  frontiers  of  civilization.  It  crosses  the  wide 
seas  and  preaches  salvation  through  Christ  in  the 
uttermost  parts  of  the  earth.  Its  zealous  itinerants  and 
its  devout  missionaries  are  now  calling  sinners  to  re- 
pentance on  every  continent  and  inhabited  island  of 
the  globe. 

It  had  its  birth  in  the  university  town  of  Oxiorcl, 
England,  in  1729.  There  John  Wesley,  then  twenty- 
six  years  of  age,  a  Fellow  of  Lincoln  College,  and  his 
younger  brother,  Charles,  a  tutor  in  Christ  Church 
College,  and  two  of  their  companions  began  reading 
together  the  Holy  Scriptures  in  the  languages  in  which 
they  were  originally  written,  and  in  exemplifying  in 
their  daily  conduct  and  conversation  the  teachings  of 
the  Saviour. 


2  METHODISM    IN   TROY. 

At  that  time  the  religious  condition  of  the  people  of 
England  was  deplorable.  Worldliness  and  intemper- 
ance debased  the  clergy,  and  dissipation  and  profligacy 
disgraced  the  churchmen.  The  Church  of  England 
was  spoken  of  as  "a  fair  carcass,"  and  its  ministers  as 
being  "  under  more  contempt  than  those  of  any  other 
church  in  all  Europe."  It  would  seem  no  wonder  then 
that  John  Wesley,  an  ordained  priest  of  the  Estab- 
lished Church,  and  his  three  associates  should  attract 
the  attention  of  the  university  men  by  regular!)' 
attending  church  services,  visiting  the  sick,  befriending 
the  needy,  and  deporting  themselves  as  Christians. 
Neither  was  it  strange  that  their  piety  should  be  derided 
and  their  society  be  burlesqued  by  the  designation 
the  "  Holv  Club."  Nor  was  it  less  remarkable  that  the 

./ 

systematic  way  in  which  they  accomplished  the  duties 
undertaken  by  them  and  the  methodical  manner  in 
which  they  devoted  themselves  to  the  service  of  Him 
who  went  about  doing  good,  should  obtain  for  them 
the  sarcastic  name  of  Methodists  from  the  students. 
These  aspersive  titles  did  not,  however,  abate  the 
zeal  and  application  of  the  members  of  the  "  Holy 
Club."  Other  students  joined  the  society,  among  whom, 
in  1/32,  was  James  Hervey,  afterward  the  well-known 
author  of  "  Meditations  and  Contemplations."  After 
John  and  Charles  Wesley  had  gone  to  America  in  1736, 
as  missionaries,  at  the  request  of  Governor  Oglethorpe, 
the  founder  of  the  colony  of  Georgia,  George  Whitefield 
became  the  leader  of  the  "  Holy  Club."  He  was  or- 
dained a  priest  of  the  Church  of  England,  in  1/36.  At 


METHODISM   IN    TROY.  3 

the  invitation  of  John  Wesley  to  assist  him  in  his  mis- 
sionary work  among  the  colonists  and  Indians,  he 
embarked  for  America,  and  found  on  his  arrival  at  the 
new  settlement  that  John  Wesley  had  shortly  before 

\S  sailed  for  England.  Not  long  afterward  he  also  return- 
ed home,  where  he  encountered  such  opposition  to  his 
earnest  preaching  as  the  closing  of  the  church-doors 
against  him.  This  contempt  of  the  Church  of  England 
^J  induced  him  to  preach  outdoors,  for,  as  he  said,  "  I 
thought  that  it  might  be  doing  the  service  of  my 
Creator,  who  had  a  mountain  for  his  pulpit,  and  the 
heavens  for  a  sounding  board,  and  who,  when  his 
gospel  was  rejected  by  the  Jews,  sent  his  servants  into 
the  highways  and  hedges."  On  February  17,  1739,  he 

JT  began  his  famous  career  as  a  field-preacher,  and  on 
that  day  discoursed  to  a  gathering  of  coal  miners  at 
Kingswoocl,  near  Bristol.  When  John  Wesley  heard 
of  this  daring  departure  from  the  appointed  ways  of 
the  Church  of  England,  he  was  greatly  shocked,  for  he 
was  an  ardent  supporter  of  the  authority  of  the  church 
and  a  rigid  respecter  of  the  rules  governing  its  services. 
When,  however,  he  learned  of  the  success  of  the  elo- 
quent evangelist,  and  of  the  eager  crowds  of  hearers 
repeatedly  gathered  about  the  Methodist  preacher, 
Wesley  himself  became  convinced  of  the  importance 
of  entering  into  this  limitless  field  of  ever-ripening 
harvests  and  of  reaping  the  clustered  grain  before  it 
shattered  and  fell  to  the  ground  never  to  be  gathered 
in  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  He  then  determined  to 
labor  in  like  manner  and  to  declare  the  way  of 


4  METHODISM   IN  TROY. 

salvation  wherever  there  might  be  people  to  hear  it 
gladly.  Spurred  by  this  resolution,  he  preached  out- 
doors at  Bristol  to  an  assembly  of  three  thousand 
persons.  Thinking  that  he  had  brought  more  obloquy 
upon  himself  than  Whitefield  by  trangressing  the  rules 
of  the  church,  he  remarked,  "  I  submitted  to  be  more 
vile,  and  proclaimed  in  the  highways  the  glad  tidings 
of  salvation."  Charles  Wesley,  after  some  hesitation, 
also  resolved  to  participate  in  the  evangelistic  work. 
After  preaching  at  Moorfields,  he  said,  "  My  load  was 
gone,  and  all  my  doubts  and  scruples ;  God  shone  on 
my  path,  and  I  knew  this  was  His  will  concerning  me.' 
The  success  of  the  labors  of  these  forerunners  of  Meth- 
odism in  different  parts  of  Great  Britain  need  not  be 
adverted  to,  nor  the  mental  and  bodily  affliction  they 
humbly  bore  when  defamed,  assailed  by  mobs,  and 
confined  in  prisons. 

One  of  the  most  distinct  features  of  early  Methodism 
was  the  organization,  by  John  Wesley,  of  societies  of 
converts,  in  order  to  have  them  "  pray  together,  to 
receive  the  word  of  exhortation,  and  to  watch  over  one 
another  in  love."  In  them,  worthy  and  intelligent  lay- 
men found  fields  of  labor  which  not  only  developed 
their  own  growth  in  grace,  but  made  them  appreciated 
and  zealous  assistants  of  the  active  preachers. 

LAY    PREACHERS. 

OThe  beginning  of  lay-preaching  had  its  rise  about 
:he  year  1742,  in  one  of  these  societies  in  the  City  of 
London.  Belonging  to  it  was  Thomas  Maxfield,  who 
lad  been  converted  at  Bristol.  He  had  been  appointed 


METHODISM    IN   TROY.  5 

by  John  Wesley  to  lead  in  prayer  and  to  be  an  exhorter 
in  the  society.  While  Wesley  was  away  from  the  city, 
the  gifted  layman  exceeded  his  instructions  and  preach- 
ed from  a  text  with  pleased  acceptance  to  the  mem- 
bers. This  information  having  been  conveyed  to 
Wesley,  he  returned  to  London,  and  with  some  evident 
dissatisfaction  said  to  his  mother,  "Thomas  Maxfield 
is  turned  preacher,  I  find."  To  this  seeming  interroga- 
tion, she  replied,  "John,  you  know  what  my  sentiments 
have  been  ;  you  cannot  suspect  me  of  readily  favoring 
anything  of  this  kind ;  but  take  care  what  you  do  in 
respect  to  this  young  man,  for  he  is  as  surely  called  of 
God  to  preach  as  you  are."  Thus  prepared  to  discover 
the  qualifications  of  Thomas  Maxfield,  Wesley  listened 
to  his  preaching  and  soon  perceiving  his  ability,  per- 
mitted him  to  declare  before  still  larger  audiences  the 
unsearchable  riches  of  God's  grace. 

FIRST    METHODIST    SOCIETY    IN    AMERICA. 

The  remarkable  preaching  of  George  Whitefield  in 
the  English  colonies  in  America  between  the  years 
1738  and  1770,  in  which  period  he  crossed  the  Atlantic 
thirteen  times,  justly  entitled  him  to  the  distinction 
of  being  the  Forerunner  of  Methodism  in  this  country. 
In  17/0,  the  year  of  his  death  at  Newburyport, 
Mass.,  he  preached  to  "larger  congregations  than 
ever"  in  the  City  of  New  York,  and  afterward 
ascended  the  Hudson  as  far  as  Albany,  the  most 
northern  settlement  in  the  province. 

The  first  Methodist  society  in  America  was  organ- 
ized, in  New  York  City,  in  1766,  by  Philip  Embury,  a 


6  METHODISM    IN   TROY. 

Methodist  layman,  an   Irish  immigrant,  who  had  been 
converted    under    the    preaching  of  John    Wesley    in 
1/52,  and    afterward   received  the    appointment  of   a 
local   preacher.     It  is  related  that  his  cousin,  a  pious 
woman    named    Barbara   Heck,  was  once   shocked  by 
seeing    some    persons    who    had    been    converted    in 
Ireland,  playing  a  game  with  cards.      Her  indignation 
was  so  great  that  she  snatched  them  from  the  hands  of 
the  players  and  tore  them  into  pieces.      Hastening  to 
the  home  of  Embury  she  begged  him  to  begin  preach- 
ing at  once.     Observing  his   hesitation    in   promising 
compliance  with  her  request,  she  is  said  to  have  moved 
him  to  make  an  appointment  for  a  meeting  by  declar- 
ing :     "  You    must  preach,  or  we   shall   all  go  to  hell 
together,  and  God  will  require  our  blood  at  your  hands." 
After  preaching  at  the  appointed  time  at  his  house  in 
Barrack    Street,  now   Park   Place,  he  formed  a  class  of 
the   four   persons   who    had  constituted   his   audience. 
Captain  Thomas  Webb,  one  of  the  few  British  officers 
who   had   escaped  the   perils  of  Braddock's   defeat   in 
1755,  and  who,  in    1766,  had  been  converted   through 
Wesley's  preaching  in  Bristol,  England, was  in  1 766  hold- 
ing the  position  of  barrack- master  at  the  fort  at  Albany, 
in  this  state.    Hearing  of  Philip  Embury's  preaching,  he 
visited   New  York  City  in  the  spring  of  1767.      He  at 
once  became  closely  identified  with  the  little  society  of 
Methodists,  and   besides   being    a  good   preacher    he 
liberally  assisted  the  small  congregation  in   building,  in 
1768,   on   John    Street,  the    first    Methodist   meeting- 
house erected  in  this  countrv. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  7 

The  change  of  residence  made  by  Philip  Embury,  in 
1770,  by  his  settling  at  Camden,  six  miles  north  of 
Ashgrove,  and  about  the  same  distance  from  Cam- 
bridge, in  Washington  County,  led  to  the  organization 
of  a  Methodist  society  there  by  the  zealous  local 
preacher.  In  1788,  the  first  Methodist  church  erected 
within  the  present  limits  of  the  Troy  Conference  was 
built  at  Ashgrove,  on  the  Cambridge  circuit,  which  was 
established  that  year. 

FIRST    CIRCUITS    ON    THE    UPPER    HUDSON. 

New  City,  now  known  as  Lansingburgh,  was  also 
designated  a  circuit  that  year,  and  to  it  Samuel  Q. 
Talbot  was  appointed.  These  two  circuits  and  four 
others  were  included  in  the  district  north  of  New  York, 
extending  about  two  hundred  and  fifty  miles  northward 
from  New  Rochelle,  near  the  city,  to  Shoreham,  on 
Lake  Champlain.  The  Rev.  Freeborn  Garrettson  was 
appointed  presiding  elder  of  the  district  by  the  confer- 
ence of  1788.  The  great  extent  of  country  over  which 
it  was  his  duty  to  travel,  and  his  ignorance  of  the 
religious  condition  of  the  people  whom  he  was  to  visit, 
gave  him  no  little  anxious  thought.  "  I  was  very 
uneasy  in  my  mind,"  he  wrote  after  his  appointment, 
•'being  unacquainted  with  the  country  and  an  entire 
stranger  to  its  inhabitants,  there  being  no  Methodist 
societies  farther  north  than  Westchester,*  but  I  gave 
myself  to  earnest  prayer  for  direction.  I  knew  that  the 
Lord  was  with  me.  In  the  night  season,  in  a  dream, 
it  seemed  to  me  that  the  whole  country,  up  the  North 

*  Evidently  referring  to  those  which  had  the  services  of  a  regular  preacher. 


METHODISM    IN    TROY. 

River  as  far  as  Lake  Cham  plain,  east  and  west,  was 
open  to  my  view."  To  the  young  men  who  were  to 
enter  this  field  of  work  as  itinerants,  "  I  gave  directions 
where  to  begin,  and  which  way  to  form  their  circuits. 
I  also  appointed  a  time  for  each  quarterly  meeting, 
requesting  them  to  take  up  a  collection  in  every  place 
where  they  preached,  and  told  them  I  should  go  up 
the  North  River  to  the  extreme  parts  of  the  work, 
visiting  the  towns  and  cities  in  the  way,  and  on  my 
return,  I  should  visit  them  all,  and  hold  their  quarterly 
meetings.  I  had  no  doubt  but  that  the  Lord  would  do 
wonders,  for  the  young  men  were  pious,  zealous,  and 
laborious."  Afterward  referring  to  the  work  under- 
taken by  him,  he  wrote,  "My  custom  was  to  go  round 
the  district  every  three  months,  and  then  return  to  New 
York,  where  I  commonly  stayed  about  two  weeks.  In 
going  once  around,  I  usually  traveled  about  a  thousand 
miles,  and  preached  upwards  of  a  hundred  times."  The 
success  of  his  first  year's  work  was  shown  in  the  report 
of  the  societies,  which  returned  a  membership  of  more: 
than  six  hundred  persons. 

BEGINNING    OF    RELIGIOUS    SERVICES    IN    TROY. 

When  the  village  of  Troy  assumed  its  classic  name, 
in  1789,  its  settlers  had  no  public  building  in  which  to 
assemble  to  engage  in  religious  worship,  except  a  small 
school  house  on  the  open  plot  of  ground  between  the 
present  lines  of  Congress,  Ferry,  Second,  and  Third 
streets.  In  it,  and  sometimes  in  the  ball-chamber  of 
Ashley's  Inn.  on  the  east  side  of  River  street,  between 
Congress  and  Ferry  streets,  they  often  heard  sermons 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  9 

read  on  Sundays  either  by  Dr.  Samuel  Gale  or  Col. 
Albert  Pawling.  As  there  was  no  bell  to  ring  to 
notify  the  villagers  of  such  services,  the  conch  shell 
used  at  the  ferry  was  prolongedly  blown  to  inform  them. 
After  the  Presbyterian  meeting-house  was  built  in 
1792,  on  the  south-east  corner  of  First  and  Congress 
streets,  all  the  settlers  usually  attended  on  Sundays 
divine  services  there  until  denominational  societies 
of  their  own  faith  were  organized  in  the  village. 
However,  among  the  two  hundred  and  fifty  inhab- 
itants of  the  place,  in  1793,  there  was  a  number 
of  zealous  followers  of  Wesley  who  were  meeting  from 
time  to  time  in  their  dwellings  for  prayer,  singing, 
and  exhortation. 

FIRST    CONFERENCE    RELATIONS. 

The  names  of  these  early  pioneers  of  our  church 
have  unfortunately  not  been  preserved.  In  1794  the 
first  attendance  of  Stephen  Andres  at  their  prayer- 
meetings  gives  distinction  to  his  association  with 
those  spiritually-minded  men  and  women.  Troy  was 
placed  on  the  Cambridge  circuit  in  1796.  The  mem- 
bership of  the  class  in  the  rapidly-growing  village  had 
in  1797  increased  to  thirteen  persons.  That  year  on 
the  minutes  of  the  Quarterly  Conference,  •'  Brother 
Betts  "  is  so  mentioned  as  reporting  Troy.  That  year 
also  Jesse  Boutwell,  an  exhorter,  went  from  Troy  to 
Waterford  to  visit  the  class  there  which  had  been 
formed  as  early  as  1794,  and  of  which  in  1797  Caleb 
Curtis  became  a  member  and  continued  to  be  until  he 
moved  to  Troy  near  the  close  of  1799.  Lorenzo  Dow, 


io  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

who  was  on   the  Cambridge  circuit  in  1/98,  visited  the 
village  and  preached  to  the  little  society. 

In  1800  Troy  was  on  the  Pittsfield  and  Whitingham 
circuit,  and  Michael  Coates  who,  with  Joseph  Mitchell, 
had  the  appointment,  statedly  preached  in  the  village. 
His  appointment  was  made  by  the  New  England 
Conference  organized  by  the  General  Conference  in 
1796,  and  embraced  all  the  territory  "in  New  Eng- 
land and  all  that  part  of  the  State  of  New  York"  lying 
"on  the  east  side  of  Hudson's  River."  The  New  York 
Conference,  organized  in  1800  by  the  General  Confer- 
ence, embraced  within  its  boundaries  "that  part  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  east  of  the  Hudson  River,  all  of 
Connecticut,  and  those  parts  of  Massachusetts,  New 
Hampshire,  and  Vermont,  which  were  included  in  the 
New  York  districts."  Its  first  session  was  held  June 
1 6,  1 80 1,  in  New  York  City.  "  In  1804,  its  boundaries 
were  so  changed  as  to  embrace  New  York,  Pittsfield, 
Albany,  and  Upper  Canada  districts." 

The  records  of  the  New  England  Conference  of 
1800,  at  which  the  appointment  of  Michael  Coates 
was  made,  contain  some  interesting  and  instructive 
facts  respecting  the  pay  of  the  preachers  at  that  time. 
They,  as  it  has  been  justly  said,  "offered  the  Gospel 
to  the  people  '  without  money  and  without  price.'  The 
receipts  of  each  member  were  reported  at  the  confer- 
ence, and  after  deducting  his  '  quarterage,'  the  surplus 
went  toward  equalizing  as  far  as  possible  the  deficits  of 
his  fellow  laborers.  Even  private  presents,  whether  in 
clothing  or  in  money,  were  required  to  be  reported 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  II 

and  estimated  in  the  apportionment.  These  self-sacri- 
ficing men  were  as  one  family  in  those  days  of  priva- 
tion, and  what  little  they  had,  they  had  in  common  ;  a 
fact  which  is  as  noble  an  illustration  of  their  character 
as  it  is  a  painful  proof  of  their  sufferings. 

"At  the  General  Conference  of  1800,  this  rule  was 
altered  so  far  as  to  exempt  private  donations  from  the 
estimate.  Hitherto  the  '  allowance  '  had  been  $64,  be- 
sides traveling  expenses  ;  but  the  same  General  Confer- 
ence raised  it  to  $80,  and  allowed  an  equal  amount  for 
the  wife  or  widow  of  the  preacher,  as  also  $16  for  each 
child  under  seven,  and  $24  for  each  one  over  seven  and 
under  fourteen,  no  provision  being  made  for  children 
after  the  latter  age.  As  the  General  Conference  at 
which  these  amendments  were  made  had  just  been 
held,"  it  is  supposed  that  the  allowances  reported  at  the 
New  England  Conference  "  were  rated  according  to  the 
old  rule.  Hardly  more  than  one-half  of  the  members 
present  had  received  the  pittance  of  $64."  One  of  the 
preachers  received  $47  another  $38,  and  another  $31. 

The  pecuniary  rewards  of  the  Methodist  ministers  at 
the  beginning  of  this  century  were  not  large.  "  The 
receipts  for  their  'traveling  expenses'  were  quite  small, 
as  they  usually  started  with  the  possession  of  a  horse, 
and  were  entertained  on  their  routes  by  their  brethren. 
The  actual  cash  received  by  them  would  not  now  be 
considered  sufficient  for  the  annual  cost  of  clothing 
alone,  though  that  expense  has  been  reduced  at  least 
one-fourth  since  their  clay.  They  had  no  resources  for 
the  purchase  of  books,  except  what  they  obtained  from 


12  METHODISM   IN  TROY. 

selling  the  denominational  publications  on  their  extend- 
ed circuits.  This  they  did  largely,  not  only  for  the 
pecuniary  advantage,  but  for  the  moral  influence  of  their 
circulation.  Many  of  them  were  thorough-going  col- 
porteurs as  well  as  preachers. " 

EARLY    MEMBERS    OF    THE    TROY    SOCIETY. 

Among  the  notable  itinerants  of  that  clay  was  Jesse 
Lee,  who,  it  is  said,  had  in  1783  all  New  England  for 
his  circuit  and  had  preached  in  all  its  states  that  year. 
Near  the  close  of  September,  in  1800,  he  preached  to 
the  little  band  of  Methodists  in  Troy,  when  on  his  way 
to  New  York  City.  Under  the  stated  preaching  of 
Michael  Coates  that  year  the  society  was  blessed  with 
a  class  of  thirty  members  under  the  leadership  of  Wil- 
liam Cleveland. 

Michael  Coates  was  possessed  of  a  strong  mind  and 
sound  judgment.  He  was  a  very  successful  minister, 
and  while  serving  as  presiding  elder  of  West  Jersey 
district  he  died  on  August  i,  1814.  His  last  sermon 
was  preached  from  Rev.  vn :  9 :  "After  this  I  beheld, 
and,  lo  a  great  multitude,  which  no  man  could  number, 
of  all  nations,  and  kindreds,  and  people,  and  tongues, 
stood  before  the  throne,  and  before  the  Lamb,  clothed 
with  white  robes,  and  palms  in  their  hands."  While 
preaching  he  was  favored  with  a  pleasing  prospect  of 
that  glory,  and  seemed  to  anticipate  the  joys  of 
eternity. 

I  he  class  meetings  during  the  winter  of  1799  and 
1800  were  evidently  very  interesting,  for  Phebe  Curtis, 
the  daughter  of  Caleb  Curtis,  then  a  youncr  crjrl,  who 

J  <•>      o 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  13 

afterward  wrote  a  brief  historical  sketch  of  the  Rise  of 
Methodism  in  Troy,  relates  that  she  was  left  at  home 
with  the  children  when  her  father  and  mother  attended 
class,  and  when  she  complained  of  the  late  hours  at 
which  they  returned,  they  would  tell  her  the  meetings 
were  "so  good  that  they  could  not  bear  to  leave  them." 
Speaking  of  the  names  of  the  persons  composing  the 
class  at  that  time,  she  remarks  :  "Among  the  members 
of  the  class  there  was  a  number  of  very  worthy  per- 
sons. They  were  the  parents  and  brother  of  the  wife 
of  the  Rev.  Joel  Ketchum,  Samuel  Goodrich,  the  prin- 
cipal of  the  Academy,  Mrs.  Honor  Goodrich,  Samuel 
Goodrich,  jr.,  a  dry-goods  merchant ;  Miss  Da}',  a  rela- 
tive of  the  Goodrich  family,  a  boarder  and  pupil  in  the 
Academy,  Mr.  Cannon,  his  wife,  and  Mrs.  Plum,  the 
mother  of  Mrs.  Cannon,  and  Mr.  Cleveland,  the  class 
leader.  They  were  from  New  England.  Mr.  Good- 
rich's  family  came  from  Middletown,  Conn.  Among 
the  members  of  the  class  were  persons  of  piety,  refine- 
ment, and  intelligence.  The  following  were  also  mem- 
bers of  the  class  in  good  standing,  and  remained  so 
until  removed  by  death  or  until  they  left  Troy  for  other 
places :  Benjamin  Betts,  Jane,  his  wife,  Jared  Betts, 
Mrs.  Jillson,  Laura  Waterman,  Mrs.  Hannah  Pettit, 
Mrs.  McAlister,  Mrs.  B-'s  mother,  Mrs.  Carlo,  Mrs. 
Boutwell,  Archibald  Gray  and  wife,  and  Mina,  a  mulatto 
woman.  I  have  thus  been  particular  because  it  was 
asserted  at  a  love-feast  that  the  first  society  was  com- 
posed of  the  lower  order  of  persons,  and,  at  the  same 
time,  it  was  said  that  the  time  was  when  there  was  no 


i4  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

place  to  hold  prayer-meetings  except  in  the  basement 
of  a  house  occupied  by  a  black  family.  It  is  true  that 
the  prayer-meetings  were  held  there  sometimes.  Ritta 
(the  negro  woman)  was  considered  pious  and  had  con- 
siderable gift  in  prayer.  Her  room  was  ample  and 
decent.  The  person  who  made  the  statement  must 
have  been  misinformed." 

Miss  Curtis  also  remembered  attending  prayer-meet- 
ings at  the  Goodrich  home,  "  in  a  well-furnished  room, 
on  the  floor  of  which  was  an  "  imported  carpet "  which 
was  not  common  in  those  days  in  the  best  houses 
in  the  village.  "  Meetings,  too,  were  certainly  held  at 
Mr.  Cannon's  house,  under  the  same  roof  with  the 
store."  On  New  Year's  day,  1800,  large  placards  were 
posted  in  all  the  public  places  announcing  the  begin- 
ning of  the  new  century. 

When  Mr.  Cleveland  left  for  the  West,  in  1800  or 
1 80 1,  the  class  paper  was  given  to  Caleb  Curtis,  but  he 
soon  after  went  to  Vermont,  where  he  remained  some 
months.  "  Mr.  Ferris,  lately  from  the  country,  took  his 
place  as  class-leader.  At  Mr.  Cannon's,  Mr.  Ferris  let 
out  his  strong  voice  in  prayer,  which  was  more  than 
Mr.  Plum  could  well  bear.  He  placed  his  hand  on  Mr. 
Ferris'  mouth  to  check  the  sound  of  his  voice,  but  Mr. 
Ferris,  not  to  be  repressed  in  that  manner,  when  he 
had  gone  out  of  the  house,  gave  full  vent  to  his  voice 
by  singing  on  his  way  home  through  a  part  of  River 
Street.  Mr.  Plum,  although  much  of  a  gentleman,  was 
not  a  professor  of  religion.  He  was  a  brother-in-law 
of  Mr.  Cannon,  and  his  partner  in  business." 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  15 

The  prosperity  and  growth  of  the  Troy  society  were 
for  several  years  sadly  checked  by  the  death,  change 
of  residence,  and  the  declension  of  others  through 
intemperance  and  sin.  In  1802,  the  Rev.  Elias 
Vanderlip,  a  traveling  preacher,  then  on  the  Pittsfield 
circuit,  became  so  discouraged,  it  is  said,  with  the 
degenerated  condition  of  the  society,  that  he  "  tore  up 
the  class-paper  and  withdrew  the  appointment."  (The 
writer  was  well  acquainted  with  Brother  Vanderlip.) 
The  only  worthy  representatives  of  the  society  during 
this  dark  period  were  Caleb  Curtis  and  several  women. 
Phebe  Curtis  pays  an  expressive  tribute  to  the  memory 
of  her  Christian  father  whose  heart  and  soul  were 
deeply  exercised  by  these  depressive  circumstances, 
"  The  class  dissolved,  the  appointments  abandoned, 
dissolution  seemed  to  reign.  When  in  the  midst  of  all 
this  darkness,  which  seemed  to  rest  upon  the  beloved 
names  and  cause  of  Methodism,  there  was  one  who  in 
the  agony  of  his  soul  sent  up  appeals  to  heaven  which 
the  family  altar  and  the  private  retreat  only  witnessed. 
At  times  I  would  find  myself  unintentionally  intruding 
into  my  father's  place  of  private  prayer.  The  move- 
ment of  his  body  and  his  audible  whispers  were  indica- 
tions of  earnest  importunity.  He  frequently  availed 
himself  of  the  privilege  of  the  meetings  of  some  of  the 
neighboring  societies,  Albany  and  elsewhere.  He 
would  come  home  with  his  soul  filled  with  the  heavenly 
spirit  of  which  he  had  partaken  among  his  brethren. 
His  anxious  mind  could  not  rest.  He  invited  to  our 
house  the  neighbors  on  Sabbath  evenings.  The  room 


16  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

would  be  filled  with  attentive  listeners,  while  my  father 
sung,  prayed,  and  afterward  exhorted."  Then  she 
tells  how  he  kept  alive  the  still  glimmering  flame  of 
Methodism  in  the  hearts  of  the  few  members  of  the 
society  by  getting  from  time  to  time  some  well-known 
itinerant  to  preach  in  the  available  room  of  their 
dwelling.  The  Rev.  Samuel  Howe,  who  was  on  the 
Pittsfield  circuit,  preached,  in  1802,  from  the  text: 
"  The  wages  of  sin  is  death,"  and  Lorenzo  Dow 
expounded  the  word  of  God  two  evenings  in  succession, 
when  the  neighbors  crowded  "  the  room  and  entry." 

METHODIST    WITCHCRAFT. 

Miss  Curtis  relates  a  ludicrous  incident  to  show  the 
singular  conceptions  which  some  people  then  had  of 
the  character  of  the  Methodists.  "  Our  landlord,  in  1802, 
was  a  German,  who  resided  a  few  miles  east  of  Troy. 
Soon  after  we  became  occupants  of  his  house,  his  wife 
called  upon  my  mother.  In  their  conversation  she 
warned  my  mother  against  Methodism,  saying  that  it 
was  a  dangerous  religion,  that  Methodists  were  witches, 
and  that  if  a  person  were  to  go  among  them  he  could 
not  get  away  from  them  until  he  had  joined  them.  My 
mother  surprised  her  by  saying,  *  Why,  Mrs.  C—  — ,  I 
am  a  Methodist !  '  The  old  lady,  terrified  by  this 
unexpected  information,  hurried  out  of  the  house  with- 
out ceremony  lest  a  spell  might  be  put  upon  her  before 
she  could  take  her  leave." 

In  1804,  John  Wright,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Jefferson 
Gardner,  who  now  lives  in  Lansingburgh,  emigrated 
from  England  with  his  wife  Hannah,  and  came  to 


METHODISM    IN   TROY.  17 

Troy.  Being  a  stranger  as  well  as  a  Methodist,  he 
began  making  inquiries  respecting  the  existence  of  a 
Methodist  society  in  the  village.  One  day  when  he 
was  crossing  the  ferry  to  Gibbonsville,  now  West  Troy, 
he  was  told  that  the  last  member  of  the  Methodist 
society  had  been  sent  to  state's  prison. 

In  i8o5,  the  Rev.  Elijah  Chichester,  a  zealous 
itinerant,  then  on  the  Cambridge  circuit,  preached  at 
Caleb  Curtis'  house.  After  the  service  he  informed 
those  of  his  hearers  who  desired  the  reorganization  of 
the  society,  and  wished  to  have  preaching,  that  if  they 
would  gather  together  "  the  scattered  ones  "  and  "  form 
a  class,"  that  "  he  would  come  and  preach  to  them." 
On  his  return  to  Troy,  seven  persons  presented  them- 
selves to  be  enrolled  as  members  of  the  new  class  : 
Caleb  Curtis  and  his  wife  Catherine,  Mrs.  Hannah 
Pettit,  John  Johnson  and  his  wife,  and  John  Fournear 
and  his  wife  Jane  ;  Caleb  Curtis  being  made  the  class- 
leader. 

In  1806,  William  McBurney  and  his  wife  joined  the 
class.  On  the  return  of  John  Wright  and  his  wife  to 
Troy  from  Millville,  where  they  had  been  living  about 
fifteen  months,  they  again  made  inquiries  to  learn  the 
residence  of  any  Methodists  in  the  village.  One  day  a 
colored  woman  informed  Mrs.  Wright  that  she  knew 
an  Irishman,  named  William  McBurney,  who  was  a 
Methodist.  While  in  search  of  his  house,  John  Wright 
heard  a  number  of  persons  singing  together  a  familiar 
Methodist  hymn,  and  without  attempting  to  repress  his 
joyful  feelings  he  abruptly  opened  the  door  of  the 


,8  METHODISM   IN  TROY. 

dwelling  in  which  the  voices  were  united  in  praise,  and 
identifying-  the  small  company  of  men  and  women  as 
Methodists,  he  gladly  exclaimed,  "  Now  I  have  found 
you ! " 

In  April,  1807,  when  Phebe  Curtis  was  converted 
and  became  a  member  of  the  class,  its  membership  had 
increased  to  thirteen  persons.  From  this  time  forward 
the  society  began  to  be  vigorous  and  influential.  In 
1808,  the  class-roll,  not  including  the  names  previously 
entered  on  it,  embraced  those  of  William  McBurney  and 
his  wife,  Rebecca  Mackey,  the  widow  of  John  Mackey, 
Mrs.  Alward,  her  mother,  Stanley  Thompson  and  his 
wife,  David  Canfield  and  his  wife,  Samuel  Scoby  and 
his  wife,  David  Scoby  his  brother,  John  Wright  and 
his  wife,  Morris  DeCamp,  and  his  wife,  and  Huldah 
Crans,  afterward  Mrs.  Elias  Disbrow. 

Of  the  names  of  the  circuit  preachers  who  visited 
Troy  between  the  years  i8o5  and  1809,  those  of 
Henry  Eames,  James  M.  Smith,  Laban  Clark,  and 
Datus  Ensign,  are  mentioned.  "  In  1808,  when  Seth 
Crowell  and  Robert  Dillion  were  on  their  home  mis- 
sionary tour,  under  the  superintendence  of  Freeborn 
Garrettson,  they  came  to  Troy,  and  Robert  Dillion 
preached  on  the  common."  Although  "  the  Trojans 
were  not  famous  for  that  kind  of  persecution,  he  had 
a  spoiled  egg  cast  at  him." 

PRESBYTERIANS    AND    BAPTISTS. 

Reviewing  this  noteworthy  period  of  the  growth  of 
Methodism  in  Troy,  the  faithful  and  well-informed 
chronicler  briefly  refers  to  the  denominational  work 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  19 

and  principles  of  the  other  churches  in  the  village. 
"  When,"  as  she  remarks,  "  the  good  Puritan  stock 
came  from  New  England,  as  the  better  part  of  the  first 
settlers  were,  they  brought  with  them  good  morals  and 
religious  order  ;  not  that  they  were  all  devoted  Christ- 
ians but  conscious  that  good  morals  were  essential  in 
the  new  and  growing  community  to  the  happiness  and 
prosperity  of  the  place,  and  conscious  too  that  good 
morals  could  not  be  promoted  where  the  observance 
of  the  Sabbath  was  neglected  and  where  religious 
worship  was  not  sustained.  Hence  they  assembled, 
read  sermons,  thus  preparing  the  way  for  a  house  of 
worship  and  a  pastor.  To  the  Presbyterians  is  due  the 
credit  of  this  first  arrangement  for  the  moral  and 
religious  training  of  the  people  of  the  place. 

;"  The  Baptists,  too,  soon  came.  [They  organized  a 
^ociety  in  1796.]  Now  both  these  churches  were 
Calvinist  and  in  both  were  persons  of  high  moral  and 
religious  worth  ;  those  who  were  '  burning  and  shining 
lights '  to  all  around  them.  They  were  known  by  their 
fruits.  They  had  their  books  ;  Hopkins,  Toplady,  Con- 
fession of  Faith  ;  and  the  Westminster  Catechism  was 
taught  in  the  schools.  Now  we  see  why  it  was  that  our 
ministers  were  obliged  to  labor  so  hard  to  dislodge 
the  teachings  of  the  two  churches  from  the  minds  of 
their  hearers  to  prepare  them  for  the  revivals  they  had 
reason  to  expect  would  follow.  Expressions  such  as 
these  seemed  to  have  been  freely  treasured  in  the 
minds  of  the  people  :  '  Not  a  drop  of  Christ's  blood 
was  ever  spilled  in  vain ;'  '  The  common  call  and  the 


20  METHODISM    IX    TROY. 

effectual  call ;'  '  Once  in  grace  always  in  grace ;'  '  God 
has  foreordained  whatever  comes  to  pass.' ' 

Hence  it  is  evident  that  it  was  the  love  of  souls 
which  induced  the  Methodist  ministers  to  take  the 
course  they  did,  for  who  would  think,  she  adds,  "  of 
breaking  off  their  sins  if  they  believed  that  they  were 
elected,  and  at  a  certain  time  to  be  brought  into  the 
church  by  the  effectual  call  ?  Then  again  if  doomed 
to  perdition,  no  effort  on  their  part  would  be  of  any 
avail." 

The     Rev.     Elijah     Chichester,     who     became     an 
itinerant  in  1/99,  and  was  located  in  1807,  she  relates, 
"  stood    foremost   among   the   strong   ones   in   pulling 
down   the   error  'which   makes  God  a  partial  being  by 
conferring  the   favor  of  election  on  some  and   passing 
by  others,  thereby  giving  man  no  choice  as  it  regards 
his  salvation.     Lorenzo  Dow,  with  his  singular  manner, 
ought  not  to  be  omitted.      He,  too,  contributed  '  to  the 
awakening   of    an    inquiry    respecting '    the    doctrine, 
spirit,  and  practice  of  the  religion  we  professed.      He 
was  in  Troy  at  different  times  previous  to  the  building 
of  the  church.      In  the  court-house,  on  a  week  day,  at 
five  o'clock,  on  one  summer  morning,   he  preached  to 
a  good  congregation  of  Christians  of  different  denom- 
inations  from  the  text,    '  Fear  not  little  flock,'  and  in 
the    afternoon    of  the    same    day,    and    again    in    the 
evening,  from   the   words,  '  Rejoice    O    young   man  in 
thy  youth,'  when    the  court-room  was  crowded  with 
citizens  of  all  classes.     The  Rev.  Seth  Crowell  also  did 
his  part  in  removing  the  prejudice  against  Methodist 


METHODISM    IN   TROY.  21 

•doctrine.  On  one  occasion,  while  handling  predesti- 
nation before  a  large  congregation  in  the  court-house, 
one  of  its  friends  audibly  contradicted  him,  saying, 
'  that's  a  lie  ! '  James  M.  Smith  was  powerful  in  argu- 
ment against  Calvinism.  *  *  * 


RENSSELAER    COUNTY    COURT-HOUSE,    1807. 

"  It  was  not  all  doctrine  which  our  ministers  preached 
in  the  pulpit.  No,  faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
repentance,  practical  godliness,  and  holiness  without 
which  no  man  can  see  the  Lord. 

"  Thus  the  ministers  already  mentioned,  including 
Joel  Ketchum,  prepared  the  way  "  for  the  progress  of 
Methodism  in  Troy.  "  Some  very  worthy  citizens," 
she  continues,  "  had  become  interested  in  our  doc- 


22  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

trines  and  discipline  :  Dr.  John  Loudon,  Charles 
Lemon,  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  Abner 
Foster,  from  the  choir  of  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
Samuel  Eddy,  from  the  Baptist  choir,  so  that  when  the 
church  was  built,  we  were  provided  with  good  leaders 
of  our  singing."  Mrs.  Charles  Lemon  was  also  included 
as  one  of  the  principal  singers  of  the  church. 

"  The  society,  from  the  time  of  its  formation,  in  i8o5, 
until-  the  first  revival,  in  181 1,  was  remarkably  blessed 
by  the  stability  of  its  members.  In  the  prayer-meet- 
ings there  was  very  little  wildness  and  screaming, 
neither  was  all  the  praying  vocally  at  the  same  time. 
Lively  meetings  they  were,  and  emphatic  amens 
abounded.  The  groan  of  the  burdened  soul  was  heard 
and  sometimes  a  burst  of  praise,  but  seldom,  if  ever, 
was  the  voice  of  the  person  who  was  leading  in 
prayer  drowned  by  other  voices.  Another  trait  in  the 
character  of  this  society  was  the  harmony  which  pre- 
vailed among  its  members.  Seldom  did  anything 
disturb  it. 

vi  As  no  quarterly  meetings  were  held  in  Troy 
previous  to  the  building  of  the  church,  there  were  no 
love-feasts  and  the  sacrament  [of  the  Lord's  Supper] 
was  not  administered.  Those  who  desired  to  enjoy 
these  privileges  would  go  as  far  as  Ashgrove,  but  more 
frequently  to  Pittstown  or  Cooksborough. 

PREACHING    IN    BARNS. 

Henry  Cook  was  one  of  the  wealthy  farmers  whose 
kind  hearts  were  ready  to  sustain  the  meetings,  and 
whose  large  barns  in  the  early  days  of  Methodism 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  23 

served  on  Sabbaths  as  churches.  "In  1800  or  1801," 
Miss  Curtis  says,  "  when  I  was  a  young-  girl,  I  remember 
hearing  Benjamin  Stephens  preach  in  Mr.  Cook's  barn. 
He  preached  against  the  practice  of  powdering  the  hair. 
He  declared  it  was  wicked  to  waste  the  beautiful  grain 
which  God  had  provided  to  sustain  life  in  marring  the 
beauty  of  one's  hair." 

The  inconveniences  of  holding  meetings  at  the 
dwellings  of  the  members  and  in  the  court-house  were 
evidently  detrimental  to  the  strong  growth  of  the  society. 
"  In  the  court-room,"  as  Phebe  Curtis  relates,  "  some- 
times on  summer  evenings,  it  would  be  nearly  nine 
o'clock  before  the  congregation  could  be  seated.  This 
was  not  owing  to  the  slackness  of  the  brethren  in  making 
timely  application  for  its  use,  but  because  the  person 
who  had  the  key,  or  the  one  who  rang  the  bell,  had  no 
interest  in  our  prosperity." 

Urged  by  the  need  of  a  house  of  worship,  the  mem- 
bers of  the  growing  society  assembled  on  November 
29,  1808,  at  the  house  of  Samuel  Scoby,  and  there, 
according  to  law,  organized  the  society  by  electing 
David  Canfield,  Eliphalet  King,  and  Samuel  Scoby, 
trustees  of  the  "  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  the 
village  of  Troy."  Incorporated  by  this  name,  the 
congregation  began  to  seek  a  suitable  site  for  a  meet- 
ing house.  On  the  uninclosed  ground  then  known  as 
the  Common,  lying  east  of  the  line  of  Fourth  Street, 
an  eligible  plot  was  found,  which  was  designated  on 
the  map  of  the  village  as  lots  743  and  744.  They 
were  originally  part  of  the  farm  of  Jacob  D.  Van  cler 


24  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

Heyden,  which  had  been  surveyed  and  laid  out  into 
building-  lots  in  1807.  As  he  had  generously  given  to 
the  Presbyterians  and  Baptists  the  ground  on  which 
they  had  built  their  meeting-houses,  it  was  thought 
that  if  he  were  respectfully  solicited  he  might  be 
induced  to  convey  lots  to  the  society  as  a  gift.  When 
he  was  approached  it  was  found  that  he  was  not  only 
unwilling  to  part  with  the  property  but  personally 
opposed  to  the  project  of  the  society,  asserting  that 
the  Methodists  had  no  need  of  a  meeting-house.  Dr. 
John  Loudon,  a  popular  physician,  who  had  begun  his 
practice  in  the  village  in  1793,  became  greatly  inter- 
ested in  the  welfare  of  the  society  of  which  in  1810  he 
became  a  member,  and  he  undertook  to  intercede  with 
his  brother-in-law  to  convey,  for  a  small  consideration, 
the  lots  to  the  trustees  of  the  church.  It  is  related 
that  the  business  so  much  engaged  his  thoughts  that 
one  night  he  dreamed  that  he  saw  a  large  flock  of 
pigeons  fly  over  the  village  and  settle  down  on  the 
proposed  site  of  the  meeting-house.  This  dream  he 
interpreted  to  presage  the  future  prosperity  of  the 
church.  After  some  further  overtures,  Jacob  D.  Van 
der  Heyden  consented  to  sell  the  ground  for  $5oo, 
demanding,  however,  the  payment  of  an  interest 
annually  of  $36  until  the  property  was  possessed  by 
the  purchasers.  The  conveyance  was  made  on  Christ- 
mas day,  December  25,  1808. 

Eight  days  thereafter,  or  on  January  2,  1809,  at  the 
house  of  Roger  King,  father  of  Harvey  G.  and  Eliph- 
alet  King,  who  lived  on  the  ground  where  St.  Paul's 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  25 

Church  now  stands,  a  subscription  was  begun  >lfor  the 
purpose  of  building  a  meeting-house."  The  willing- 
ness of  the  members  to  further  the  undertaking  to  the 
best  of  their  ability  was  observantly  remarked  by 
Phebe  Curtis,  whose  subscription  was  $5,  a  sum  larger 
than  most  of  the  individual  contributions  made  at  the 
time.  (See  subscription  in  the  Appendix.)  "  In  the 
order  of  Providence  there  were  two  carpenters  and 
two  masons  (members  of  the  church) ;  Morris  DeCamp 
and  Eliphalet  King,  the  carpenters,  and  William  Mc- 
Burney  and  David  Canfield,  the  masons.  The  hearts 
and  hands  of  these  brethren  were  ready  to  enter  upon 
the  building  of  a  house  where  they  might  worship 
independent  of  the  court-house  or  a  crowded  private 
room.  And  the  rest  of  the  society  were  ready  to  open 
their  purses ;  the  poorest  according  to  their  ability. 
The  Rev.  Elijah  Chichester  and  the  Rev.  Joel  Ketchum 
were  much  interested.  Mr.  Ketchum  [who  entered 
the  itineracy  in  1793  and  located  several  years  after- 
ward] was  popular  and  drew  many  people  to  our  places 
of  worship  previous  to  the  building  of  the  church. 
These  local  preachers  now  gave  their  influence  and 
money  to  assist  in  its  erection." 

The  contributions  in  money  as  written  in  the  sub- 
scription book,  a  leaf  of  which  is  lost,  amount  to  $557.82. 
Work  and  material  aggregating  a  value  of  $20  also 
appear  on  its  pages  as  contributions.  With  these 
limited  means,  which  likely  were  not  always  promptly 
furnished  the  trustees  when  demanded,  delayed  the- 
completion  of  the  building  until  1811. 


26 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


The  meeting-house,  a  plain,  two -story  weather- 
boarded  structure,  was  built  on  the  north  side  of  State 
Street,  between  Fourth  and  Fifth  streets,  and  fronted 
with  its  south  gable  State  Street.  When  first  used  in 
i8ii,the  building  was  still  unfinished.  It  is  related 
that  when  the  appointment  was  made  to  hold  services 
for  the  first  time  in  the  meeting-house,  Charles  Lemon, 
a  cabinet  maker,  who  was  then  a  member  of  the 


FIRST   MEETING-HOUSE,    BUILT    1809. 

society,  called  on  John  Wright,  living  on  Ida  Hill,  and 
said,  "  What  are  we  going  to  do,  there  are  no  seats  in 
the  meeting-house?  "  The  sententious  reply  was  :  "We 
must  get  some."  Having  obtained  plank,  the  two 
enterprising  Methodists  made  temporary  seats,  and 
rough  as  they  were,  they  afforded  sittings  for  the  con- 
gregation for  some  time  thereafter.  When  the  church 
was  fitted  with  more  suitable  furniture,  the  seats  were 
then  but  plain,  unpainted,  pine  benches,  backed  with  a 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  27 

narrow  board.  The  pulpit  was  a  plainly-constructed 
desk,  standing  on  a  small  platform  on  which  there  were 
several  chairs.  When  used  at  night,  which  was  not 
frequently  at  first,  the  meeting-house  was  lighted  with 
tallow  candles  in  tin  sconces  hung  along  the  walls  of 
the  building.  Years  afterward,  when  doorless  pews  were 
put  in  the  church,  the  benches  were  placed  in  the  gal- 
lery, which  had  no  sittings  until  then.  The  sittings  on 
the  east  side  of  the  church  were  occupied  by  the  women 
and  girls  of  the  congregation,  and  those  on  the  west 
side  by  the  men  and  boys.  It  not  unfrequently  hap- 
pened that  the  seats  were  not  sufficient  for  the  number 
of  people  attending  the  services  and  at  such  times  the 
children  were  given  seats  on  the  kneeling-step  around 
the  altar. 

The  surroundings  of  the  meeting-house  were  not 
very  inviting.  Very  little  grass  grew  about  it,  and  that 
which  did  was  thickly  set  with  weeds  and  briars.  The 
small  stream,  which  meandered  from  Jacob  Street  south- 
ward along  the  present  line  of  the  Union  Railroad  to 
the  Posten  Kill,  often  overflowed  the  low  land  bordering 
it,  leaving  a  strip  of  water  on  the  east  side  of  the 
church  where  children,  in  winter,  found  good  sliding 
on  the  ice  covering  it. 

The  practical  teachings  of  the  early  pioneer  preach- 
ers of  Methodism  inculcated  the  abandonment  of  all 
worldly  living  and  indifference  to  the  vanities  of  dress 
and  personal  adornment.  Plainness  of  attire  and  mod- 
esty of  demeanor  were  habitual  to  the  followers  of 
Wesley.  The  wearing  of  gold  and  silver  jewelry,  and 


28  METHODISM    IN   TROY. 

of  showy  bonnets  and  of  fashionably-made  garments 
by  women  was  looked  upon  with  great  disfavor,  and 
any  evidence  of  pride  of  person  and  circumstance  was 
strongly  censured.  A  woman  or  girl  having  a  ruffle 
around  her  neck  was  not  allowed  to  participate  in  a 
love-feast.  The  surviving  daughter  of  John  Wright 
relates  that  when  she  was  a  girl  she  wore  one  summer 
a  plain  white  dress.  On  one  occasion  she  placed  a 
band  of  blue  ribbon,  perhaps  an  inch  and  a  half  wide, 
around  her  waist  for  a  belt.  "I  did  not  think"  she 
says,  "that  it  was  anything  indecorous,  but  when  my 
father  saw  me  appear  with  it  on  in  the  presence  of 
company  at  our  house,  he  commanded  me  to  go  and 
take  it  off." 

RULES    ON    DRESS. 

One  rule  of  "  Discipline  on  Dress"  was  as  follows  : 

"  Question :  Should  we  insist  on  the  rule  concern- 
ing dress  ? 

"  Answer:  By  all  means.  This  is  no  time  to  give 
encouragement  to  superfluity  of  apparel.  Therefore 
receive  none  into  the  church  till  they  have  left  off 
superfluous  ornaments.  In  order  to  this,  i.  Let  every 
one  who  has  charge  of  a  circuit  or  station  read  Mr. 
Wesley's  '  Thoughts  on  Dress,'  at  least  once  a  year  in 
every  society.  2.  In  visiting  classes  be  very  mild  but 
very  strict.  3.  Allow  of  no  exempt  case,  better  one 
suffer  than  many.  4.  Give  no  tickets  (love-feast 
tickets)  to  any  that  wear  high  heads,  enormous  bon- 
nets, ruffles  or  rings." 

The  above  rule  was  altered  by  the  General  Confer- 


METHODISM    IN   TROY.  29 

ence  of  1856,  so  that  the  answer  to  the  above  question 
reads  as  follows  : 

"  Answer :  By  all  means.  This  is  no  time  to 
encourage  superfluity  of  dress.  Therefore  let  all 
our  people  be  exhorted  to  conform  to  the  spirit  of  the 
apostolic  precept  '  not  to  adorn  themselves  with  gold 
and  costly  array.' — i  Tim.  n.  9. 

No  person  was  admitted  to  the  love-feasts  without 
presenting  a  ticket  indicating  the  good  standing  of  the 
bearer  as  a  church  member.  When  the  services  began 
the  doors  were  locked  and  no  other  persons  were 
admitted  thereafter. 

Following  again  the  line  of  the  history  of  the  church 
through  the  pe-riods  of  the  successive  ministrations  of 
its  different  pastors,  we  come  to  the  year  1810,  when 
Troy  was  made  a  station  by  the  New  York  Conference, 
and  included  in  the  Rhinebeck  district.  The  Rev. 
William  Phcebus  was  appointed  to  the  new  station. 
Conceiving  that  the  several  societies  embraced  by  the 
station  were  too  poor  to  afford  him  and  his  family  an 
adequate  support  "  he  left  the  charge  by  the  consent 
of  the  presiding  elder."  However  the  Troy  society 
was  not  without  the  services  of  several  circuit 
preachers  that  year.  The  Revs.  William  Swayze  and 
Lewis  Pease,  on  the  Pownal  circuit,  were  sent  to  Troy. 
As  remarked  by  Phebe  Curtis,  "  we  had  preaching  as 
usual  once  in  two  weeks,  but  all  the  other  wants  of  the 
society  were  supplied  by  the  efficient,  untiring,  and 
expenseless  labors  of  the  Rev.  Elijah  Chichester.  This 
seemed  a  provision  of  Providence,  for  the  burden  of 


30  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

the  building  of  the  church  was  borne  by  the  leading 
men  of  the  society." 

The  revival  of  February,  1811,  which  largely 
increased  its  membership,  was  conducted  by  the  Rev. 
Lewis  Pease.  The  revival  began  in  a  prayer-meeting 
held  at  the  dwelling  of  Samuel  Scoby.  A  feeling  of 
seriousness  had  prevailed  among  those  attending  these 
weekly  meetings.  At  that  one  tears  began  to  flow  and 
hearts  soften.  "  There  had  not  been  a  case  known  of 
a  person  losing  strength  in  a  Troy  meeting,  but  at  that 
one  a  young  man  fell  to  the  floor,"  and  before  the 
meeting  closed  there  was  a  number  of  persons 
converted.  On  the  following  Sunday  evening,  in  the 
unfinished  church,  many  seekers  crowded  to  the 
extemporized  altar,  more  than  could  conveniently 
kneel  together  on  the  board  placed  there.  Before  the 
congregation  was  dismissed  many  had  found  peace 
with  God.  The  meetings  which  nightly  followed  were 
similarly  blessed.  Respecting  the  converts  it  was 
observed :  "  If  we  did  not  get  many  that  were  rich  and 
learned,  we  got  worthy  ones."  The  brethren  did  not 
believe  that  ignorance  nourishes  devotion,  but  they 
did  rejoice  to  see  so  large  a  number  of  unenlightened 
people  brought  to  a  saving  knowledge  of  Christ.  A 
young  man,  who  had  been  known  unfavorably  for  his 
exceeding  profanity,  when  expressing  his  thoughts  and 
feelings  in  class  and  prayer-meetings,  seemed  to  use 
the  most  blasphemous  language  when  it  was  his 
purpose  to  speak  reverently.  But  he  rapidly  succeeded 
in  improving  his  phraseology  and  when  he  went  West 


METHODISM  IN  TROY.  31 

to  live  he  became  an  exemplary  class-leader.  Another 
young  man,  who  experienced  a  change  of  heart,  after- 
ward joined  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  subsequently 
became  a  missionary  to  the  Indians. 

"The  administration  of  the  rite  of  baptism  by  sprink- 
ling was  a  stumbling  block  to  some  of  the  young  con- 
verts, who  had  been  baptized  that  way  in  infancy. 
They  wished  to  be  immersed.  Our  minister  refused 
to  rebaptize  them,  and  a  few  joined  the  Baptist  Church. 
The  first  among  the  persons  converted  during  the 
revival,  who  chose  immersion,  were  Samuel  Eddy,  Joel 
Curtis,  Julia  Andres,  and  Dorcas  Mercer."  Usually 
immersions  were  performed  in  the  Hudson  River,  near 
the  ferry. 

The  Rev.  Smith  Arnold  on  the  Pownell  circuit, 
preached  statedly  in  Troy,  in  181 1.  Under  his  regular 
visitations  and  instructive  teachings  the  society  increas- 
ed its  members  and  spiritual  growth.  His  pious  wife 
successfully  conducted  the  women's  prayer  meetings. 

In  1812,  Troy  was  again  made  a  station  by  the  New 
York  Conference,  and  placed  in  the  bounds  of  the 
Ashgrove  district.  The  Rev.  Peter  P.  Sandford  re- 
ceived the  appointment.  The  society  through  his 
vigilant  care  greatly  prospered. 

WAR  OF   1812. 

Remarking  the  bitter  political  partisanship  of  the 
people  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war  of  1812,  Miss  Curtis 
writes :  "  It  was  a  matter  of  too  much  importance  to 
feel  indifferent.  It  required  a  good  share  of  the  influ- 
ence of  religion  to  keep  free  from  the  excitement  which 


32  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

controlled  the  public  mind.  Our  ministers  and  more 
devoted  members,  through  the  years  of  conflict,  labored 
to  promote  harmony.  Earnest  prayers  were  offered 
to  God  to  control  the  events  of  our  country  and  to 
save  the  people  from  that  turbid  current  of  strife  which 
bore  on  its  agitated  stream  intemperance,  profaneness, 
and  death.  Three  or  four  of  our  members  were  draft- 
ed." On  the  evening  of  the  day  [Tuesday,  February 
21,  1815],  when  the  intelligence  of  peace  reached  Troy, 
was  held  one  of  the  stated  prayer-meetings  of  the 
society,  at  which  grateful  acknowledgement  and  praise 
were  poured  forth  from  full  souls  to  the  Great  Author 
and  Prince  of  Peace.  The  next  day  as  related  by  the 
village  newspaper,  the  bells  were  rung,  and  at  1 1 
o'clock  a  procession  of  citizens  and  military  marched 
to  the  Presbyterian  Church,  where  "  the  voice  of 
Thanksgiving  and  Praise  to  Almighty  God  for  the 
inestimable  blessings  of  Peace  was  raised "  by  the 
Rev.  Jonas  Coe,  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  by 
the  Rev.  Francis  Wayland  of  the  First  Particular 
Baptist  Church,  and  by  the  Rev.  Laban  Clark  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

In  1813,  the  Rev.  Laban  Clark,  who  began  his 
ministry  in  1801,  entered  upon  his  pastorate  of  two 
years  in  the  village.  His  ministrations,  it  is  said  "  were 
greatly  prized  by  those  who  loved  experimental  reli- 
gion." After  leaving  the  society  in  a  prosperous  con- 
dition in  1815,  he  served  with  marked  success  a 
number  of  other  prominent  churches.  He  took  an 
active  part  in  the  organization  of  the  Missionary  Society, 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  33 

in  1819,  and  was  one  of  the  principal  founders  of  the 
Wesley  University,  at  Middletown,  Conn.,  chartered 
in  1831.  He  died  at  Middletown,  Conn.,  on  November 
28,  1868,  aged  ninety  years. 

CONVERSION    OF    NOAH    LEVINGS. 

The  circumstances  of  the  conversion  of  that  eminent 
man  of  God,  the  Rev.  Noah  Levings,  D.  D.,  who 
under  the  preaching  of  the  Rev.  Laban  Clark  gave  his 
heart  to  God,  are  very  striking.  At  the  age  of  sixteen 
he  was  apprenticed  by  his  parents  to  a  blacksmith  in 
the  village.  When  he  entered  upon  his  term  of  service 
he  formed  the  resolution  of  being  faithful  to  the 
interests  of  his  master  and  to  regard  them  as  his  own. 
His  master,  it  appears,  paid  little  attention  to  the 
religious  education  of  his  apprentice.  Unthinkingly, 
he  permitted  him  to  associate  with  ungodly  men,  with 
whom  on  Sundays  he  roamed  in  the  fields  and  through 
the  woods,  near  the  city.  "His  parents,  though  not 
professedly  pious,  had  trained  their  children  to  a  strict 
observance  of  the  Christian  Sabbath,"  and  their  teach- 
ings led  him  to  consider  his  ways  and  to  determine  to 
forsake  the  companionship  of  his  evil-inclined  associ- 
ates. Resolving  to  lead  a  better  life,  he  began  "  a 
circuit  of  visitation  to  the  different  churches  in  the 
village."  "  He  first  visited  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
then  under  the  pastoral  charge  of  the  Rev.  Jonas  Coe, 
D.  D.,  who,"  he  says,  "  was  a  good  man  and  an  excel- 
lent pastor."  He  next  attended  the  Baptist  Church, 
where  "good  old  Mr.  Wayland  was  the  minister." 
Though  favorably  impressed  with  the  piety  and  ability 


34  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

of  both  these  servants  of  God,  he  could  not  feel  at  home 
in  their  congregations.  His  third  visit  was  made  to 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  [then  on  the  north- 
west corner  of  Congress  and  Third  streets],  but  there 
he  was  wearied  with  ceremonies  too  numerous  and 
complicated  to  be  either  interesting  or  edifying.  He 
next  attended  the  meeting  of  the  Friends  [in  their 
house  of  worship  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Fourth 
and  State  streets],  but  there,  instead  of  long  prayers 
and  tedious  ceremonies,  he  heard  nothing  at  all ;  nor 
was  he  loth  to  leave  when  the  hour  was  up,  and  the 
sign  for  closing  given. 

"  His  last  visit  of  inquiry  was  at  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  He  found  a  small  house  occupied 
by  a  simple,  plain  and  solemn  people.  Their  worship, 
though  not  imposing  in  its  forms,  was  hearty  and  sincere. 
It  not  a  little  surprised  him  to  witness,  for  the  first 
time  in  his  life,  a  congregation  kneeling  down  in  time 
of  prayer.  The  conviction  was  wrought  in  his  mind 
that  this  people  were  the  people  of  God.  Under  the 
ministry  of  the  Word,  feelings  were  awakened  which 
he  had  known  nowhere  else  ;  and  under  the  powerful 
reasonings  and  cogent  appeals  of  the  Rev.  Peter  P. 
Sandford,  the  stationed  minister,  he  was  often  made  to 
feel  that  God  was  truly  in  that  place.  But  it  was  more 
particularly  under  the  preaching  of  the  Rev.  Laban 
Clark  that  he  was  led  to  realize  fully  his  lost  condition, 
and  to  feel  the  necessity  of  seeking  salvation  by  faith 
in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  He  joined  the  society  as  a 
probationer  in  1813." 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  35 

The  incidents  of  his  connection  with  the  church  are 
graphically  related  by  the  Rev.  Laban  Clark,  who  said : 
"  One  day  an  apprentice  boy,  in  his  blacksmith's  garb, 
direct  from  his  labor,  called  upon  him  and  made  appli 
cation  to  be  received  into  the  society.  He  appeared  to 
be  about  sixteen  years  of  age  ;  was  small  in  stature, 
bashful  in  his  address,  and  the  -circumstances  of  his 
introduction  were  peculiar  and  somewhat  disadvan- 
tageous, yet  there  was  something  so  unassuming  and 
so  winning  in  his  manner,  so  sincere  and  intelligent  in 
his  whole  appearance  and  conversation,  that  a  favorable 
impression  was  made  upon  the  mind  of  the  preacher, 
and  he  admitted  him  as  a  probationer  ;  at  the  same 
time  giving  him  encouragement  and  counsel.  On  the 
following  Wednesday  night,  at  their  public  prayer  meet- 
ing, when  the  leading  members  had  prayed,  and  it  was 
nearly  time  to  dismiss  the  congregation,  at  the  close  of 
one  of  the  prayers  a  youthful  voice,  whose  feminine 
tones  were  scarcely  sufficient  to  fill  the  church,  was 
heard  some  two-thirds  down  the  aisle,  leading  in  prayer. 
The  prayer  was  feeling  and  appropriate,  but  short,  so 
short  as  to  be  at  the  longest  comprised  within  a  minute. 
As  the  preacher  passed  down  the  aisle,  his  blacksmith 
boy  stood  at  the  end  of  a  seat,  waiting  to  grasp  his 
hand  with  Christian  affection.  On  the  next  Wednesday 
evening,  the  silvery  tones  of  the  same  youthful  voice 
were  again  heard,  near  the  close  of  the  meeting, 
leading  in  its  devotions.  At  this  time  he  prayed  with 
more  fervor,  more  compass  of  thought,  and  more  self- 
possession,  and  yet  his  prayer  was  not  more  than  a 


36  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

minute  and  a  half,  At  the  close  of  the  meeting,  as  the 
official  brethren  gathered  around  the  preacher,  one 
inquired  who  that  boy  was  ;  another  said  his  forward- 
ness must  be  checked  ;  and  a  third  that  he  must  be 
stopped  altogether.  The  preacher  simply  replied  : 
'  Now,  brethren,  let  that  boy  alone  —  there  is  something 
in  him  more  than  you-  are  aware  of,'  and  from  that  time 
no  one  questioned  the  right  of  the  blacksmith  boy  to 
take  part  in  the  public  prayer-meetings." 

After  uniting  with  the  church,  he  continued  to  be  an 
active  but  humble  follower  of  Christ.  The  Rev.  Tobias 
Spicer,  speaking  of  his  associations  with  him  when  the 
former  became  pastor  of  the  church  in  Troy,  in  1815, 
writes  :  "  I  considered  him  a  very  pious  young  man, 
and  often  invited  him  to  accompany  me  to  my  vveek- 
evening  appointments  and  set  him  to  exhorting  after 
me.  He  soon  gave  evidence  to  the  brethren  that  God 
had  called  him  to  do  something  in  his  vineyard,  and  he 
obtained  a  license  to  preach,  and  not  long  after  the 
term  of  his  apprenticeship  was  expired  he  was  admitted 
into  the  travelino-  connection.  It  is  related  that  when 

o 

he  was  examined  as  a  candidate  for  the  ministry  he  was 
asked  if  he  had  graduated  from  any  institution  of  learn- 
ing. He  facetiously  replied,  '  No,  excepting  it  were 
from  a  blacksmith's  bellows-pole.' " 

REV.    TOBIAS    SPICER'S    PASTORATE. 

The  successor  of  the  Rev.  Laban  Clark  was  the  well- 
known  light  of  Methodism,  the  Rev.  Tobias  Spicer, 
who  in  1810  had  entered  the  ministry  by  becoming  an 
itinerant  on  the  Brandon  circuit.  He,  with  his  family, 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  37 

arrived  in  Troy  on  May  25,  1815.  The  Troy  station 
embraced  Troy,  Lansingburgh,  Waterford,  Albia, 
Brunswick,  and  West  Troy.  "  Here  I  was  associated," 
he  writes  in  his  Autobiography,  "  with  the  Rev.  Elijah 
Chichester,  a  local  preacher,  who  for  a  number  of  years 
had  been  among  our  pioneers  in  the  traveling  connec- 
tion, but  now  located  and  engaged  in  mercantile 
business.  I  generally  preached  in  Troy,  morning  and 
afternoon,  and  Brother  Chichester  in  the  evening,  while 
I  went  to  Lansingburgh,  a  distance  of  three  miles.  To 
this  place  I  generally  went  on  foot,  and  frequently 
returned  the  same  evening.  The  other  places  I  usually 
visited  on  week-day  evenings  once  in  two  weeks.  Our 
congregations  in  these  places  were  but  small,  and  our 
societies  quite  feeble. 

"  During  my  first  year  in  this  station  we  had  a 
gracious  revival  in  Troy,  in  which  during  seven  weeks 
more  than  a  hundred  members  were  added  to  our 
society.  During  the  second  year  we  had  a  good  revival 
in  Lansingburgh.  When  I  came  to  this  station  there 
were  in  all  the  appointments  one  hundred  and  seven 
members,  and  when  I  left  there  were  two  hundred  and 
fifty. 

REVIVALS. 

The  following  "  Sketch  of  the  Revival  of  Religion  in 
the  City  of  Troy,"  in  1816,  written  by  him,  was  printed 
in  the  Methodist  Magazine  in  1818  : 

"  At  our  fourth  quarterly  meeting,  which  was  held 
February  25th,  an  unusual  number  of  serious  persons 
were  admitted  into  love-feast.  It  was  a  precious  time. 


3»  METHODISM   IN  TROY. 

At  the  close  of  which  we  invited  such  as  were  deter- 
mined to  seek  the  Lord  to  come  forward  to  the  altar 
that  intercession  might  be  made  for  them  at  the  throne 
of  grace.  Upwards  of  thirty  persons  came  forward  and 
kneeled  around  the  altar,  for  whom  earnest  prayer  was 
made  ;  several  of  whom  not  long  after  found  peace. 
From  this  time  the  work  spread  in  different  families. 
The  different  congregations  began  to  be  crowded  and 
solemn.  The  prayer-meetings,  especially,  were  much 
attended.  Weeping  and  sighing  were  heard  in  all  parts 
of  the  assembly.  No  private  rooms  could  be  obtained 
sufficiently  large  to  contain  the  people.  We  found  it 
necessary  to  resort  to  our  meeting-house  to  hold  our 
prayer- meetings ;  and  for  two  or  three  weeks  almost 
every  evening  the  lower  seats  of  our  church  were  filled, 
and  there  was  scarcely  a  meeting  but  one  or  more  were 
either  awakened  or  converted  to  God. 

"In  the  Baptist  congregation  the  case  was  very 
similar.  No  rooms  were  large  enough  to  hold  the 
multitudes  which  attended  their  evening  conferences. 
They  also  repaired  to  their  church,  where  every 
evening  in  the  week,  for  some  time,  was  devoted  to 
converse  on  things  of  God,  joined  with  singing  and 
supplication.  In  the  former  part  of  the  revival  they 
seemed  to  take  the  lead  of  the  other  denominations. 
At  their  first  baptismal  occasion,  thirty-eight  persons 
were  baptized  in  the  presence  of  such  a  concourse  of 
people  as  perhaps  no  occasion  had  ever  called  out  in 
this  place  before. 

"  Great  attention  was  also  among  the  Presbyterians. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  39 

Their  congregations  were  crowded  ;  their  meetings 
were  solemn  ;  their  conferences  or  prayer  -  meetings 
were  frequent  and  profitable. 

"  This  great  and  good  work  embraced  people  of 
various  descriptions  ;  both  rich  and  poor,  masters  and 
servants,  aged  and  young,  from  children  of  eight  or  ten 
years  old  to  the  hoary  head  of  eighty-four. 

"  I  believe  there  were  but  a  few  instances  of  awak- 
ening under  the  preaching  of  the  Word.  The  Lord 
seemed  to  show  us  He  could  work  without  us.  Many 
were  awakened  in  their  minds  at  home,  while  about 
their  work  ;  others,  perhaps,  while  walking  the  streets. 
But  the  greatest  number  were  awakened  in  the  prayer 
or  conference  meetings.  I  might  here  detail  many 
circumstances  which  took  place,  but  I  forbear.  I 
would,  however,  observe  that  great  union  prevailed 
among  the  different  denominations  throughout  the 
whole  revival.  There  was  but  very  little  persecuT 
tion,  owing  partly  to  the  genius  of  the  people,  but 
principally  to  the  influence  of  the  Divine  Spirit, 
which  seemed  for  awhile  to  awe  the  most  abandoned 
sinners. 

"  The  remarkable  outpouring  continued  for  the 
space  of  seven  or  eight  weeks  ;  during  which  time  I 
believe  the  number  added  to  the  different  churches 
was  as  follows  : 

"To  the  Baptists,  58." 

"  To  the  Presbyterians,  98.^ 

"To  the  Methodists,  107. 

"  And    through    the    ensuing    summer    many    more 


40  METHODISM   IN  TROY. 

were  added  to  the  different  churches,  some  of  whom 
were  fruits  of  the  revival. 

"  Upwards  of  a  year  has  elapsed  since  this  good 
work  commenced,  and  but  few  as  yet  have  turned  back, 
at  least  of  those  who  have  joined  us.  With  the  state 
of  the  other  churches  I  am  not  particularly  acquainted. 
When  I  consider  how  many  of  the  subjects  of  this 
work  were  young  people  ;  the  many  temptations  to 
which  they  are  exposed  in  a  place  like  Troy,  and  how 
few  have  turned  back  ;  I  am  compelled  to  cry, '  It  is  the 
Lord's  doing,  and  it  is  marvelous  in  our  eyes.' 

"  I  left  Troy  in  June,  1817,  having  labored  there  two 
years,  in  which  time,  in  the  two  societies,  Troy  and 
Lansingburgh,  both  being  included  in  the  station,  we 
received  on  probation  two  hundred  and  seventeen,  of 
which  only  seventeen  have  been  dropped.  During 
which  time  three  have  died,  four  were  expelled,  one 
withdrew,  and  forty-one  have  removed  to  other  soci- 
eties ;  leaving  a  net  increase  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
members." 

Of  the  pastoral  work  of  the  Rev.  Tobias  Spicer 
there  is  no  need  to  say  that  it  was  remarkably  suc- 
cessful. As  pertinently  observed  by  one  of  his  con- 
temporaries, there  is  "  no  need  to  go  to  his  published 
obituary  to  learn  that  he  was  exact,  careful,  conscientious, 
systematic,  plain  in  speech  and  manner,  and  the  very 
embodiment  of  prudence  and  economy."  When  dying 
at  the  residence  of  his  son-in-law,  Stephen  Hemstreet, 
November  13.  1862,  his  last  words  were,  "Light 
ahead  !  " 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  41 

In  1817,  the  Rev.  Samuel  Luckey,  who  had  entered 
the  ministry  in  1811  as  an  itinerant,  received  the 
appointment  to  Troy,  and  under  his  edifying  instruc- 
tion and  preaching  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  new 
members  were  added  to  the  society. 

Writing  to  the  editor  of  the  Methodist  Magazine,  on 
January  19,  1819,  he  thus  speaks  of  the  revival  recently 
begun  :  "  The  work  of  reformation  first  became  visible 
a  week  ago  last  evening  after  preaching  in  our  church. 
About  a  dozen  came  to  the  altar  to  receive  the  benefit 
of  our  prayers  that  they  might  obtain  mercy.  Since 
then  the  altar  has  been  crowded  every  night  till  a  late 
hour.  The  number  of  recipients  is  not  certainly  known, 
but  the  fruit  of  last  week,  forty-two  joined  our  church 
yesterday." 

Again  writing  on  February  8,  1819,  he  further 
relates  the  results  of  the  revival  :  "  Though  four 
Sabbaths  have  passed  away  since  it  commenced  in 
which  one  hundred  and  five  have  been  received  into 
our  church  in  consequence  of  its  still  continuing,  I  am 
not  prepared  to  give  you  that  detailed  account  which  I 
hope  to  be  enabled  to  do  hereafter. 

"  It  has  thus  far  been  confined  principally  to  our 
church.  I  understand  that  two  joined  the  Presbyte- 
rians yesterday  ;  but  I  am  informed  that  the  Baptists 
have  not  yet  received  any,  though  report  says  they 
expect  to  shortly.  It  is  generally  believed  that  our 
distinguishing  doctrines,  which  make  it  inconsistent  for 
men  to  procrastinate  repentance  under  a  pretext  that 
the  day  of  their  visitation  has  not  yet  come,  having 


42  METHODISM   IN  TROY. 

been  long  enforced  from  our  pulpit,  have  had  a  blessed 
influence  in  the  commencement  and  progress  of  this 
work." 

In  1818,  Troy  and  Lansingburgh  were  included  in 
one  appointment,  and  the  Rev.  Samuel  Luckey  and 
the  Rev.  Earl  Bancroft  were  appointed  to  the  charge. 
After  a  long  and  successful  ministry,  the  Rev.  Samuel 
Luckey  died  October  1 1,  1869. 

FIRST    SUNDAY-SCHOOL    ORGANIZED. 

The  organization  of  the  first  Methodist  Sunday-school 
in  Troy  was  undertaken  in  1817.  In  the  summer  of 
1816  the  first  Sunday-school  established  in  the  city 
began  its  sessions  in  a  room  on  the  first  floor  of  the 
old  court-house.  It  was  on  the  south  side  of  the  hall, 
and  was  used  by  a  day-school.  The  desks  and  seats 
in  it  were  appropriated  to  the  use  of  the  Sunday- 
school,  which  was  known  as  the  Union  Sunday-school 
on  account  of  the  teachers  being  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian, Episcopal,  Baptist,  and  Methodist  churches. 
Tradition  gives  the  names  of  the  following  persons  who 
were  teachers;  Catharine  Brinckerhoff.  Eliza  Bloom, 
Jane  Bloom,  Mrs.  Jacob  L.  Lane,  Mr.  Baker,  Darbin 
Eldridge,  Chauncey  Peirce,  Robert  Wasson,  Abby 
Noyes,  Abby  Peebles,  and  Miss  Eliza  Warren  (Mrs. 
John  Paine.) 

John  Brinckerhoff,  a  prominent  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  was  the  first  superintendent  of  the 
school. 

The  control  of  the  school  by  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  was  not  agreeable  to  the  members  of 


METHODISM  IN  TROY.  43 

the  other  denominations  and  caused  considerable 
comment.  The  Rev.  Samuel  Luckey,  pastor  of  the 
Methodist  Church,  and  some  of  its  members  believing 
that  it  would  be  more  advantageous  to  the  society  to 
organize  a  Sunday-school  which  should  be  directed  and 
managed  by  the  pastor  and  members  of  the  church, 
undertook  the  work,  and  in  1817  formed  the  school 
which  began  its  sessions  in  the  red  school-house,  a 
one-story  wooden  building,  erected  about  that  time  on 
the  west  side  of  Fifth  Street,  immediately  east  of  the 
meeting-house  on  State  Street.  The  school  at  first 
did  not  escape  censure,  for  it  was  said  that  it  caused 
"  sectarian  narrowness "  and  showed  "  opposition  to 
union  among  Christians."  The  school  was  conducted 
in  the  red  school-house  until  the  erection  of  the  brick 
church  in  1827,  when  it  occupied  the  basement  of  the 
new  building.  A  branch  Sunday-school,  it  is  related, 
was  started,  about  the  year  1823,  by  Miss  Eliza  Andres, 
who,  assisted  by  her  sisters,  conducted  it  in  her  day- 
school  room,  in  a  building  on  the  northwest  corner  of 
Fourth  and  Elbow  (Fulton)  streets,  rented  by  William 
W.  Whipple,  Sterling  Armstrong,  and  Asahel  Gilbert 
for  a  prayer-meeting  room  used  by  the  members  of  the 
church  living  in  the  north  part  of  the  city.  This  school 
was  discontinued  when  Miss  Andres  became  the  wife 
of  Alexander  Van  Pelt,  and  removed  to  Lansingburgh 
where  it  is  said  she  organized  the  first  Sunday-school 
established  in  that  village. 

It  is  further  related  that  a  part  of  the  main  school 
met  for  a  time  in  the  yellow  school-house  standing  on 


44  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

the  plot  of  ground  now  known  as  St.  Paul's  Place,  on 
the  south  side  of  State  Street. 

When  the  school  was  first  formed  the  exercises  only 
included  the  reading  of  a  chapter,  or  part  of  a  chapter, 
of  one  of  the  books  in  the  Old  or  New  Testaments, 
the  singing  of  an  opening  and  closing  hymn,  and  the 
offering  of  a  prayer  at  the  beginning  and  closing  of  the 
session  of  the  school.  There  were  no  Sunday-school 
books  in  use  at  that  time.  Some  years  afterward  printed 
tickets  on  which  were  texts  of  Scripture  were  given  to 
the  scholars  for  attendance  and  recitations  ;  a  certain 
number  of  tickets  of  a  special  color  entitling  the 
possessor  to  a  Bible  given  by  the  school  for  the  tickets. 
William  W.  Whipple,  who  had  become  a  member  of 
the  church  in  1813,  was  the  first  superintendent  of  the 
school.  The  temperance  movement  between  the  years 
1830-40,  awakened  considerable  interest  in  the 
Sunday-school  and  almost  all  the  scholars  signed  the 
pledge  of  total  abstinence.  The  first  Sunday-school 
library  possessed  by  the  school  was  obtained  about 
the  year  1831.  Shortly  afterward  catechisms  were 
introduced  for  the  use  of  the  school.  In  1836,  the 
lecture-room,  which  had  been  built  as  an  extension  to 
the  church,  was  occupied  by  the  school.  In  1838,  the 
school,  with  those  of  the  Presbyterian  and  Bethel 
churches,  enjoyed  its  first  summer  excursion  ;  a  steam- 
boat taking  them  to  Hudson.  About  the  year  1846, 
the  first  Christmas  festival  was  held  by  the  school,  at 
which  gifts,  cakes,  and  apples  were  distributed  among 
the  children.  The  semi-centennial  anniversary  of  the 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


45 


organization  of  the  Sunday-school  was  celebrated  on 
Sunday,  November  10,  1867.  At  the  different  services 
that  day  a  large  number  of  people  was  in  attendance. 
The  Rev.  Samuel  Luckey,  D.D.,  then  in  his  seventy- 
sixth  year,  delivered  a  sermon,  an  address,  and 
related  a  number  of  interesting  incidents  connected 
with  the  organization  of  the  school  in  1817.  On  the 
Monday  evening  following  a  reunion  was  held  in 
Harmony  Hall  which  was  greatly  enjoyed  by  all  who 
had  been  and  were  members  of  the  school. 

The  visit  of  the  Rev.  Freeborn  Garrettson,  in  June, 
1817,  to  the  prosperous  society,  was  an  event  of  much 
interest  to  its  members.  He  was  accompanied  by  his 
daughter,  and  as  related  in  1829,  by  his  biographer, 
they  were  hospitably  entertained  at  the  residence  of 
the  Hon.  George  Tibbits.  In  1 86 1,  this  residence  was 
purchased  by  the  Children's  Home  Society,  and  is  now 
known  as  the  Day  Home. 

"  From  Schenectady  they  returned  to  Troy,  and  put  up 
at  the  house  of  the  Hon.  George  Tibbits,  whose  hos- 
pitable mansion  is  delightfully  situated  on  the  side  of  a 
sloping-  hill  ascending  from  the  eastern  part  of  the  city, 
denominated  Mount  Ida.  On  the  Sabbath,  Mr.  Gar- 
rettson preached  in  the  Methodist  Church,  in  this  city, 
morning,  afternoon,  and  evening,  to  an  attentive  con- 
gregation ;  and  '  truly,'  says  he,  '  it  was  a  good  day.' 
He  remarks,  that  when  he  first  visited  this  place 
about  thirty  years  before,  [in  1788],  there  were  only  a 
few  scattering  houses,  and  no  Methodist  society ;  but 
that  now  he  was  rejoiced  to  find  a  flourishing  little 


46  METHODISM   IN  TROY. 

city,  in  which  there  were  four  houses  of  worship,  and 
not  less  than  three  hundred  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  What  seemed  to  add  to  his  relig- 
ious enjoyment  was  the  catholic  and  friendly  spirit 
manifested  by  the  several  religious  denominations 
toward  each  other." 

In  the  summer  of  1817,  the  gallery  of  the  church 
was  provided  with  seats.  The  fence  around  the 
building  was  ordered  to  be  painted  "all  red  or 
Spanish  brown,"  except  the  front  part  "which  was 
to  be  white." 

In  1819,  the  Rev.  William  Ross  received  the  Troy 
appointment  and  faithfully  served  the  congregation 
until  1821.  Dr.  John  Loudon,  who  had  joined  the 
society  in  1810,  died  February  12,  1820.  He  be- 
queathed to  the  church,  for  a  parsonage,  the  house, 
afterward  known  as  No.  141,  and  the  lot  on  which  it 
stood,  on  the  west  side  of  Third  Street,  between 
Ferry  and  Division  streets. 

FIRST    METHODIST    MISSIONARY    SOCIETY. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  church,  on 
December  i5,  1820,  "for  the  purpose  of  forming  a 
missionary  society  auxiliary  to  the  parent  society  in 
New  York,  the  Rev.  Daniel  Ostrander  was  chosen 
chairman  and  Isaac  V.  Bassett,  secretary.  A  draft  of 
a  constitution  was  made,  reported,  and  adopted. 

William  W.  Whipple,  John  Wright,  Isaac  V.  Bassett, 
and  William  Gardner  were  made  a  committee  to  pre- 
sent the  "constitution  for  subscription."  The  society 
having  adjourned  to  meet  on  the  evening  of  Jan- 


METHODISM  IN   TROY.  47 

uary  4,  1821,  at  its  next  meeting  elected  the  following 
officers : 

Rev.  Daniel  Ostrander,  president. 

Rev.  Wm.  Ross,  first  vice-president. 

Stephen  Andres,  second  vice-president. 

Harvey  Betts,  corresponding  secretary. 

Zina  P.  Egleston,  clerk. 

John  Wright,  treasurer. 

William  W.  Whipple,  secretary. 

Asahel  Gilbert,  jr., 

William  Gardner, 

Arthur  Milliken, 

\-  managers. 
James  Russell, 

Freeman   Adams, 
Dennis  Belding, 

This  society  is  now  represented  by  the  Missionary 
Committee  annually  appointed  by  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference of  the  church. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  in  January,  1821,  passed  a 
resolution  in  which  they  "entered  their  most  solemn 
protest  against  the  singing  being  led  up  in  the  gallery" 
of  the  church,  and  also  resolved  to  make  "the  same 
known  to  the  society  in  society  meeting." 

In  1821,  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Griffin  was  appointed 
to  Troy.  He  is  spoken  of  as  "one  of  the  most  able 
preachers  of  his  day,  a  strict  disciplinarian,  and  a 
prominent  member  for  many  years  of  the  New  York 
Conference.  During  his  two  years'  pastorate  he  is 
said  to  have  "kept  begging  all  the  time"  to  obtain 
$400  to  free  the  congregation  of  the  debt  on  the  church 


48  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

property.  Shortly  before  the  death  of  John  Wright, 
on  September  24,  1823,  being  in  Troy  on  a  visit,  he 
called  to  tell  him  with  no  little  evident  gladness  that 
he  had  finally  secured  sufficient  money  to  discharge 
the  long  standing  obligation. 

In  1823,  the  Rev.  Noah  Bigelow,  who  began  his 
ministry  in  1810,  was  appointed  to  Troy.  During  his 
one  year's  pastorate  in  the  city,  he  earnestly  labored 
for  the  salvation  of  sinners.  Bishop  Thompson  said 
of  him  :  "  As  a  preacher  I  have  yet  to  hear  his  equal. 
Thousands  of  souls  will  rise  up  in  judgment  and  call 
him  blessed  and  his  name  will  ever  be  like  a  precious 
ointment  in  the  churches."  He  died  in  Columbus,  Ohio, 
July  i,  1835,  at  the  age  of  forty-two  years.  Just 
before  his  death  he  exclaimed,  "  My  only  hope  is  in 
the  atonement !  On  that  alone  I  rely:  Through  that 
I  expect  to  be  saved."  When  too  weak  to  speak  he 
raised  his  hand  and  looked  upward  in  token  that  all 

was  well. 

In  1824,  the  Rev.  James  M.  Smith,  who  had  so 
early  in  the  century  preached  to  the  little  company  of 
Methodists  in  Troy,  came  to  the  prosperous  church 
and  served  the  congregation  for  two  years. 

His  successor,  in  1826,  was  the  Rev.  Stephen  Mar- 
tindale,  who  entered  the  itinerant  ministry  in  1808. 
During  the  first  summer  of  his  zealous  pastorship,  a 
small  meetingf-house  was  erected  at  Albia,  in  the  fifth 

o 

ward  of  the  city,  where  there  was  a  large  cotton 
factory.  At  that  time,  it  must  be  remembered,  that 
the  large  number  of  members  of  the  church  did  not 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


49 


wholly  live  within  the  city  limits.  Not  a  few  resided 
at  the  Iron  Works,  some  in  the  town  of  Brunswick, 
and  others  in  West  Troy.  As  Albia  was  somewhat 
distant  from  the  church,  and  as  the  members  there 
were  frequently  detained  from  attending  services  by 
inclement  weather  and  the  bad  condition  of  the  roads, 
particularly  in  winter,  it  was  resolved  by  the  trustees 
in  August  1 5,  1826,  to  erect  there  a  meeting-house 
"  for  the  use  of  the  members." 

In  an  "  extract  of  a  letter  from  the  Rev.  S.  Martin- 
dale  to  the  publishers  of  the  Christian  Advocate  and 
Journal"  dated  Troy,  N.  Y.,  December  27,  1826,  the 
following  mention  is  made  of  a  revival  that  was  in 
progress  at  that  time  :  "  It  is  true  there  is  much  religious 
excitement  in  this  city  ;  our  meeting-house  is  too  small 
to  contain  the  ordinary  congregation  ;  and  we  are 
called  upon  daily  to  enlarge  our  house  or  build  a  new 
one,  that  willing  hearers  may  have  the  word  of  life. 
We  have  built  a  new  meeting-house  in  this  city,  in  the 
neighborhood  of  the  factory,  which  is  well  filled  with 
attentive  hearers  ;  but  this  does  not  remedy  the  incon- 
venience in  the  old  house  at  all  ;  it  is  still  crowded 
above  measure.  We  have  this  month  added  seven- 
teen to  the  society,  and  many  more  are  making  up 
their  minds  to  cast  in  their  lot  among  the  Methodists." 

THE    BRICK    CHURCH    BUILT. 

The  Troy  society  desiring  to  have  a  larger  house  of 
worship  with  adequate  sittings  for  its  many  members, 
began  in  1827  to  take  steps  to  erect  one.  On  January 
8,  that  year,  the  committee  to  whom  was  assigned  "  the 


5°  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

duty  of  deciding "  whether  or  not  "  a  new  meeting- 
house "  should  be  built,  and  of  providing  ways  and 
means  for  its  erection  should  the  work  be  under- 
taken, reported  favorably,  and  suggested  "  that  the 
slips  on  the  audience  floor"  should  "  be  rented  for  five 
years  annually,"  and  if  at  the  expiration  of  the  five 
years  the  majority  of  the  members  of  the  church  should 
be  opposed  to  the  future  renting  of  the  slips,  and  should 
raise  the  amount  which  the  trustees  needed  to  extin- 
guish the  debt  for  its  erection,  "  the  house  should  be 
free,  but  if  the  majority  of  the  members  favored  the 
further  renting  of  the  slips,  the  same  should  be 
rented." 

In  the  spring  of  1827,  the  erection  of  a  brick  build- 
ing was  begun  on  a  part  of  the  site  of  the  old  meeting- 
house. The  new  structure,  fronting  with  a  orable  im- 

C>  O 

mediately  on  State  Street,  a  little  east  of  the  alley,  was 
fifty-five  feet  wide  and  sixty-six  long.  On  December 
i,  that  year,  the  building  was  dedicated.  The  Rev. 
Bishop  Hedding  preached  the  dedicatory  sermon,  and 
was  assisted  in  the  services  by  the  Rev.  Nathan  Bangs, 
and  other  prominent  Methodist  ministers.  At  that 
time  four  hundred  and  thirty-seven  persons  constituted 
the  membership  of  the  church.  The  Board  of  Trustees 
were  William  W.  Whipple,  Charles  Lemon,  Harvey 
Betts,  James  Russell,  and  Levi  Rogers,  the  father  of 
Mrs.  Myron  King.  Among  the  number  of  persons 
who  joined  the  society  that  year  were  the  writer's 
father  and  mother,  Isaac  and  Nancy  Hillman. 

When  it  was  determined  that  the  new  church  should 


52  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

be  erected  on  the  plot  occupied  by  the  old  meeting- 
house, a  committee  was  appointed  to  sell  tne  latter  at 
public  auction.  Accordingly  it  was  sold  on  February 
28,  1827,  to  Thomas  Read  and  Sterling  Armstrong  for 
$500  ;  possession  of  it  being  given  on  November  i , 
that  year.  The  purchasers  moved  the  structure  to  the 
corner  of  State  and  Fifth  streets,  where  it  was  used  for 
the  sittings  of  the  different  courts,  while  the  present 
court-house  on  Second  Street  was  building.  It  was 
also  rented  and  used  for  a  grocery  store  until  the 
erection  of  the  stone  church  was  undertaken  in  1867. 

MEMORABLE    INCIDENTS. 

The  New  York  Conference  held  within  the  plain 
walls  of  the  old  meeting-house  four  of  its  annual  meet- 
ings ;  the  first  on  May  6,  1819,  the  second,  May  30, 
1821,  the  third  May  3,  1825,  and  the  fourth,  May  9, 
1827. 

It  was  in  the  old  white  meeting-house  that  the 
eloquent  Rev.  John  Summerfield  was  admitted  into  the 
conference  in  1821,  and  where  afterward  "  that  youth- 
ful minister  of  the  Lord  Jesus  bore  his  rapt  hearers 
heavenward  on  the  wings  of  his  touching  and  lofty 
evangelical  eloquence,  till  like  those  who  had  gazed  on 
the  Master's  transfigured  glory,  they  said  '  Lord,  it  is 
good  for  us  to  be  here.' '  In  it  also  Bishop  Enoch 
George  "  made  its  walls  echo  and  ring  with  the  burn- 
ing words  of  his  powerful  eloquence,  that  rushed  on 
like  a  mighty  cataract,  with  an  impetuosity  that  bore 
down  every  opposition  which  had  braced  itself  against 
the  truth,  and  made  his  hearers  passively  resign  them- 


METHODISM   IN  TROY.  53 

selves  to  an  influence  which  was  too  strong  for  them." 
Space  does  not  permit  the  mention  of  the  names  of 
the  many  gifted  servants  of  Christ  whose  burning 
words  fell  like  sacred  fire  upon  the  hearts  of  their 
hearers  in  the  old  sanctuary  and  sanctified  them  for  the 
great  day  of  glory  hereafter.  Of  the  prominent  mem- 
bers of  the  society  who  so  regularly  worshipped  for 
many  years  beneath  its  roof,  and  afterwards  died  with 
that  peace  which  passeth  all  understanding,  may  be 
classed  John  Wright,  Charles  Lemon,  William 
McBurney,  Abner  Foster,  John  Loudon,  William  W. 
Whipple,  Roger  King,  Daniel  Marvin,  sr.,  Dr.  A.  J. 
Skilton,  Peter  Bontecou,  Mrs.  James  Young,  Thomas 
L.  Ostrom,  Sterling  Armstrong,  Valentine  Marvin, 
Thomas  Archibald,  Stephen  Monroe,  Eli  Townsend, 
Lawrence  Van  Valkenburgh,  Isaac  Hillman,  John  G. 
Buswell,  William  Tucker,  Gardner  Landon,  Lyman 
Bennett,  Gilbert  D.  Golden,  Myron  King,  Waters  W. 
Whipple,  and  Harvey  Betts.  These  all  died  in  the 
triumph  of  faith. 

Of  the  well-known  members  who  joined  the  society 
after  the  erection  of  the  brick  church,  and  who  fought 
the  good  fight  and  finished  their  earthly  course,  may 
be  mentioned  Alvin  Williams,  Daniel  Witherspoon, 
William  H.  Manning,  George  Bristol,  Charles  J.  Saxe, 
Henry  Davis,  William  Saunders,  David  P.  Barnnger, 
Elizabeth  Hillman,  and  John  Archibald. 

In  a  letter  written  to  the  Methodist  Magazine,  by 
the  Rev.  S.  Martindale,  dated  Troy,  N.  Y.,  March  5, 
1828,  he  remarks:  "  Our  prospects  in  this  city  are 


54  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

good,  the  brethren  are  much  united,  the  congregations 
large  and  increasing,  and  God  is  pouring  out  his  Spirit 
upon  us  gloriously.  Upwards  of  sixty  have  found 
peace  with  God  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  during 
the  last  ten  days,  and  eighty-three  have  been  added 
to  the  church  in  this  place  since  conference  ;  but  the 
principal  part  have  joined  the  last  month.  In  the 
neighborhood  of  our  church  at  the  factory  all  business 
was  laid  aside  for  a  number  of  days,  the  factories  were 
stopped,  and  meetings  held  night  and  day." 

In  1828,  the  Troy  district  of  the  New  York  Confer- 
ence was  formed,  and  that  year  the  conference  sent 
the  Rev.  Samuel  Merwin  to  Troy,  who  had  entered 
the  ministry  in  1 800.  He  was  a  well-known  preacher 
and  had  been  connected  as  a  pastor  with  some  of  the 
most  prosperous  Methodist  societies  north  of  Mary- 
land. He  is  described  as  "  dignified  in  person,  pow- 
erful in  eloquence,  generous  in  spirit,  and  mighty  in 
labor."  In  1829,  the  Rev.  John  Tackaberry  was 
appointed  to  assist  him,  and  preach  in  the  new  meeting- 
house at  Albia. 

The  appointment  for  Troy,  in  1830,  brought  the  Rev. 
John  B.  Stratton,  and  his  assistant,  the  Rev.  Abiathar 
M.  Osbon,  to  Troy.  The  latter,  the  next  year,  was 
appointed  to  Albia,  which  then  became  a  separate 
society.  In  the  winter  of  1830-31,  the  society  enjoyed 
a  gracious  revival.  The  zealous  pastor,  the  Rev.  John 
B.  Stratton,  was  ably  assisted  by  the  Rev.  John  New- 
land  Mafifitt.  It  is  related  that  "  night  after  night,  for 
weeks,  the  silver-tongued  Maffitt  proclaimed  the  truth 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  55 

to  audiences  limited  only  by  the  capacity  of  the  church, 
which  were  swayed  like  forest  branches  in  the  breeze 
before  the  magic,  spell-like  power  of  his  eloquence. 
Multitudes  were  not  only  attracted  to  the  preacher,  but 
to  God." 

An  active  layman  thus  wrote  concerning  this  work 
of  grace,  on  January  3,  1831,  to  a  friend,  in  New  York 
City:  "  I  have  the  gratification  to  inform  you  that  a 
more  general  excitement  on  religious  subjects  prevails 
at  the  present  time,  in  Troy,  than  was  ever  witnessed 
before.  Every  church  and  congregation  is  in  motion. 
Our  meeting-houses  are  filled  to  overflowing.  Prayer- 
meetings  are  held  by  the  members  of  almost  every 
church  at  six  o'clock  in  the  morning,  as  well  as  every 
evening  in  the  week.  All  ranks,  high,  low,  old,  and 
young,  rich  and  poor,  are  anxiously  inquiring  what 
they  shall  do  to  be  saved,  and  some  have  given  pleasing 
evidence  of  a  union  with  Christ." 

On  January  i5,  that  year,  the  Rev.  J.  B.  Stratton 
wrote  to  the  editors  of  the  Christian  Advocate  and 
Journal :  "  The  work  of  the  Lord  is  going  on  glori- 
ously in  this  city,  in  our  churches  and  those  of  other 
denominations,  as  well  as  in  Albany  and  Lansingburgh." 

It  was  in  this  revival  that  Rev.  Moses  L.  Scudder, 
D.  D.,  was  converted.  He  was  a  clerk  in  the  dry 
goods  store  of  V.  and  D.  Marvin.  He  became  one  of 
the  leading  ministers  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church 
and  is  now  a  member  of  the  New  York  East  Con- 
ference. 

Erom    the    organization   of  the   society    not   a    few 


56  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

colored  people  were  members  of  the  church.  A  class 
exclusively  formed  of  persons  of  African  descent  was 
led,  in  1830-31,  by  John  Dungy,  an  intelligent  and 
pious  colored  man. 

The  Rev.  Ebenezer  Brown,  a  located  Methodist 
preacher,  was  the  originator  of  Troy's  greatest  industry, 
the  manufacture  of  collars  and  cuffs.  Having  retired 
from  the  ministry  on  account  of  ill-health  about  the 
year  1829,  he  opened  a  small  dry-goods  store  at  No. 
285  River  Street,  not  far  south  of  Fulton  Market.  In 
connection  with  that  business  he  began  selling  men's 
string  collars,  made  by  women  employed  by  him. 
Subsequently  the  manufacture  of  collars  and  shirt- 
bosoms,  and  later  that  of  cuffs  and  shirts,  was  engaged 
in  by  other  men  in  the  city,  the  most  of  whom  were 
for  many  years  members  of  the  different  Methodist 
societies  in  the  city. 

Some  of  the  members  of  the  Troy  society  living  in 
West  Troy  had  there,  in  1828,  joined  a  class  led 
by  William  Tucker.  In  1830,  the  society  having  in- 
creased to  70  or  80  members  was  divided  into  three 
classes,  led  respectively  by  William  Tucker,  Ammon 
Hammond,  M.  IX  and  William  B.  Hall.  In  the  winter 
of  1831,  a  subscription  was  circulated  to  obtain  the 
means  to  build  a  house  of  worship  and  about  $800 
were  subscribed.  A  small  wooden  building,  thirty-five 
by  forty-five  feet,  was  built  and  finished  in  September, 
that  year.  The  society  desiring  preaching  statedly,  the 
Rev.  Stephen  Remington  was  sent  to  West  Troy,  in 
1831 ;  two-thirds  of  whose  salary  was  paid  by  the  Troy 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  57 

society.       In    1832,    West    Troy    become    a    separate 
appointment. 

In  1832,  the  Rev.  Buel  Goodsell  was  appointed  to 
Troy.  He  was  a  vigorous  preacher,  and  an  unrivaled 
exhorter.  In  December,  that  year,  the  five  years 
expired  during  which  the  pews  in  the  church  had  been 
rented.  The  Board  of  Trustees  then  resolved  that  the 
seats  in  the  future  should  be  free  according-  to  the 

c> 

Discipline  of  the  church,  and  "that  the  doors  of  the 
slips"  should  "be  taken  off." 

FIRST    MEETING    OF    THE    TROY    CONFERENCE. 

The  first  annual  meeting  of  the  Troy  Conference 
was  held  in  the  city  on  August  28,  1833.  The  confer- 
ence embraced  four  districts  :  Troy,  Saratoga,  Middle- 
bury,  and  Plattsburgh,  representing  a  society  member- 
ship of  18,442  white  persons  and  5o  colored. 

In  1834,  the  Rev.  Noah  Levings  was  appointed  to 
Troy,  and  was  warmly  welcomed  by  the  society  from 
which  he  had  gone  forth  sixteen  years  previously  to 
preach  the  truths  of  the  Gospel.  It  was  in  the  second 
year  of  his  appointment  that  the  society  erected  a 
brick  church  on  the  northeast  corner  of  North  Second 
and  Jacob  streets.  Besides  the  purpose  of  taking 
advantage  of  the  growth  of  the  city  northward  of 
Grand  Division  Street,  the  expediency  of  harmonizing 
whatever  discord  the  renting  of  the  pews  had  caused, 
may  also  be  deduced  from  the  first  steps  taken  in  1831 
to  advance  the  project.  At  a  meeting  held  in  the 
church  on  May  23,  that  year,  a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed "to  provide  a  place  for  preaching  somewhere 


58  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

in  the  bounds  of  the  fourth  ward."  On  August  13, 
following,  the  trustees  of  the  church  passed  a  resolu- 
tion "that  a  subscription  should  be  circulated  through 
the  city  and  elsewhere  for  the  purpose  of  building  a 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  the  fourth  ward  "  of  the 
city,  "with  free  seats."  On  May  13,  1834,  the  Board 
of  Trustees  resolved  "to  proceed  to  build  a  church  on 
the  corner  of  North  Second  and  Jacob  streets,  and 
rent  the  slips  and  gallery  of  the  brick  church  in  the 
third  ward  for  ten  years,"  as  soon  as  they  obtained 
on  their  subscription  books  "  the  sum  of  four  thousand 
dollars  to  be  applied  to  building  the  new  church."  In 
June  that  year  the  erection  of  the  new  church,  a  brick 
structure,  was  begun.  The  building  was  dedicated  on 
August  30,  1835,  by  Bishop  Hedding.  In  January, 
1836,  the  congregation  worshipping  in  it  became  a 
separate  society.  The  distinction  of  the  two  churches, 
the  one  as  State  Street  Church,  and  the  other  as  North 
Second  Street  Church,  began  to  be  used  in  1835,  when 
the  Rev.  Noah  Levings  was  appointed  to  the  first  and 
the  Rev.  Samuel  D.  Ferguson  to  the  second. 

In  1836,  the  Rev.  Truman  Seymour  was  appointed 
to  State  Street  Church.  The  society  which  had  five 
hundred  and  fifty-five  members  before  the  organization 
of  the  North  Second  Street  Church  was  now  reduced 
to  two  hundred  and  ninety  members.  Many  of  the 
most  active  workers  had  gone  into  the  new  field  of 
labor  and  left  in  the  old  one  but  a  few  experienced 
leaders.  The  zealous  pastor,  however,  did  not  fold  his 
hands  and  let  the  harvest  go  ungathered.  It  is  related 


METHODISM   IN  TROY.  59 

that  after  attempting  in  1837  to  hold  a  series  of  revival 
meetings  without  seeing  the  results  desired  by  him,  he 
called  a  meeting  of  the  officers  of  the  society  and  said 
to  them :  "  If  you  will  stand  by  me  in  these  meetings 
and  by  your  presence  and  prayers  sustain  me,  we  will 
go  on  with  them  and  I  will  lay  my  bones  here  but  that 
a  victory  shall  come,  but  if  you  will  not,  I  shall  close 
the  meetings."  The  officers  of  the  church  at  once  urged 
him  to  renew  his  efforts,  promising  him  all  the  encour- 
agement and  assistance  he  might  demand  from  them. 
He  again  preached  with  great  fervor  of  soul.  After 
the  sermon  the  officers  collected  inside  the  altar  railing 
and  he  invited  the  unconverted  persons  in  the  church 
to  come  forward  for  prayer.  In  no  little  time  the  altar 
was  thronged  about  with  a  crowd  of  seekers,  and  a 
glorious  revival  was  inaugurated  which  continued  for 
three  months.  It  is  also  related  that  during  the  revival 
the  most  intense  sympathy  pervaded  the  meetings  and 
that  one  night  Jared  Alger  fell  his  whole  length  on  the 
floor  and  praised  God  aloud  even  to  the  extent  of  his 
voice,  causing  a  number  of  persons  to  leave  the  house. 
Peter  Bontecou  arose  and  requested  the  people  to 
remain.  Other  members  of  the  church  were  willing 
to  have  those  go  who  wished,  saying  that  when  one 
went  away  ten  would  return  to  see  what  was  the 
matter. 

It  was  during  the  pastorate  of  this  noble-spirited 
servant  of  God  that  the  writer  became  a  member  ot 
State  Street  Church,  having  been  admitted  on  proba- 
tion on  September  5,  1836,  and  baptized  by  immersion 


60  METHODISM   IN  TROY. 

and  received  into  full  connection  on  September  24, 
1837.  Many  prophesied  that  the  boy  would  not 
prove  faithful.  However,  the  time  of  his  probation 
was  continued  for  thirteen  months,  although  the  regular 
time  was  six  months.  He  was  then  received  into  full 
connection  and  during  the  space  of  fifty-one  years  his 
good  standing  in  the  church  has  never  been  questioned. 

The  use  of  musical  instruments  in  the  church,  it 
should  be  known,  was  not  approved  by  its  early  mem- 
bers and  no  little  opposition  was  shown  to  the  gradual 
innovations  that  were  made  to  support  the  congrega- 
tional and  choir  singing  with  such  instruments  as  the 
bass  viol  and  organ.  At  one  time,  the  singers  in 
the  church  attempted  to  introduce  the  use  of  a  bass 
viol  and  obtained  a  player  to  bring  one  to  the  church 
for  a  rehearsal.  Seeing  the  objectionable  instrument 
in  the  gallery,  while  on  his  way  to  class-meeting,  Isaac 
Hillman  took  his  pocket-knife  and  cut  the  strings  of 
the  viol,  thereby  defeating  the  purpose  of  the  ambi- 
tious choristers.  Although  he  had  used  so  summary  a 
method  to  sustain  the  authority  of  the  society,  he 
nevertheless  indemnified  the  viol-player  for  the  loss  of 
the  strings  of  his  instrument. 

In  1838,  the  Rev.  Stephen  Remington  was  appointed 
to  the  State  Street  Church,  and,  after  serving  the 
society  faithfully  for  two  years,  was  succeeded,  in  1840, 
by  the  Rev.  Charles  P.  Clark,  who  also  remained  two 
years. 

While  the  former  was  pastor  of  the  church  a  number 
of  Methodists,  living  at  the  Iron  Works,  formed  a 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  61 

small  society,  and  designated  themselves  members  of 
the  Fourth  Methodist  Church  in  Troy.  On  September 
24,  1838,  they  met  at  their  usual  place  of  worship  and 
elected  five  of  their  members  Trustees  of  "  Leving's 
Chapel  in  the  City  of  Troy,"  naming  it  after  the  Rev. 
Noah  Levings,  D.  D. 

In  1842,  the  Rev.  Noah  Levings  was  again  sent  to 
State  Street  Church  and  he  ministered  unto  its  people 
one  year  and  was  then  transferred  to  the  New  York 
Conference.  While  he  was  officiating  as  the  pastor  of 
the  State  Street  Churcn,  the  great  land-slide  on  the 
west  side  of  Mount  Ida  happened  on  Friday  afternoon, 
February  17,  1843.  Fifteen  persons  lost  their  lives  and 
as  many  more  were  injured  by  the  sudden  avalanche 
of  heavy  clay.  On  the  following  Sunday  evening 
he  preached  from  the  text :  "Of  these  eighteen,  upon 
whom  the  tower  of  Siloam  fell,  and  slew  them,  think 
ye  that  they  were  sinners  above  all  men  that  dwelt 
in  Jerusalem  ?  " 

His  successor  in  1843  was  the  Rev.  James  Covell,jr., 
whose  health,  shortly  after  his  appointment,  began  to 
decline,  and  being  too  weak  in  body  to  accomplish 
successfully  the  duties  incumbent  upon  him,  the  society 
secured  the  Rev.  John  W.  Lindsey  to  assist  him. 

JOHN    NEWLAND    MAEFITT. 

During  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  James  Covell,  jr., 
the  Rev.  John  Newland  Maffitt  again  preached  a  series 
of  revival  sermons  in  the  church,  and  as  at  his  former 
visit,  attracted  overflowing  congregations  by  his  re- 
markable discourses. 


62  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

On  February  19.  1845.  Reuben  Peckham  wrote  to 
the  editors  of  the  Christian  Advocate,  giving  a  brief 
account  of  the  beginning  of  the  wonderful  revival :  "  We 
are  enjoying  a  most  precious  revival  of  religion  in  the 
State  Street  Church,  under  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  J. 
N.  Maffitt ;  for  the  past  few  weeks  the  Lord  has  won- 
derfully blessed  His  Word  in  reviving  the  membership 
and  in  the  awakening  and  conversion  of  sinners.  *  *  :;: 
About  i5o  have  already  been  converted  and  1 10  have 
united  with  the  church. 

On  April  23,  that  year,  the  Rev.  John  W.  Lindsey 
wrote  to  the  editors  ;  "  WTe  continued  our  meetings 
almost  without  interruption  for  three  months.  During 
that  time  about  350  professed  to  be  converted,  and 
still  there  are  some  inquiring,  '  What  must  we  do  to 
be  saved  ?  '  We  have  received  on  probation  upward 
of  270. 

"  This  revival  has  been  deep  and  powerful,  present- 
ing many  interesting  features  during  its  progress.  We 
have  seen  the  husband  leading  the  wife,  and  the  wife 
the  husband,  to  the  altar  ;  the  father  the  son  ;  and,  in 
another  instance,  a  little  boy,  who  had  been  converted, 
pleading  with  his  father  till  he  came  to  the  altar,  where 
he  soon  found  pardon.  We  have  had  instances  where 
the  strongest  earthly  barriers  were  thrown  around  the 
sinner  to  keep  him  away  from  God,  yet  grace  has 
overcome  ;  the  world  was  placed  on  the  altar,  and  the 
soul  happily  converted  to  God. 

"One  of  the  number  of  the  young  converts  soon 
closed  her  Christian  career.  Her  race  was  short,  but 


METHODISM   IN  TROY.  63 

its  termination  glorious.  She  was  on  board  the  ill-fated 
Swallow,  the  night  of  the  sad  disaster  that  called  so 
many  souls  into  eternity.  She  gave  in  testimony  for 
God,  clear  and  unwavering,  the  day  before  her  death. 
Her  body  was  found  and  brought  back  to  this  place. 
The  funeral  services  were  held  in  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  and  the  occasion  was  solemnly  and 
appropriately  improved  by  Bro.  Maffitt." 

Miss  Elizabeth  Spencer,  the  young  convert  men- 
tioned,'had  united  with  the  church  on  March  29,  1845, 
and  took  passage  on  the  evening  of  April  7,  that  year, 
on  the  steamboat  Swallow,  plying  between  Troy  and 
New  York.  That  night  the  Swallow  struck  a  ledge 
of  rocks,  near  the  village  of  Athens,  and  the  young 
lady,  with  many  other  passengers,  was  drowned  by  the 
sinking  of  the  boat.  Although  the  Rev.  John  New- 
•lancl  Maffitt  had  then  left  Troy,  he  returned  and 
preached  her  funeral  sermon  with  marked  effect  upon 
the  hearts  and  minds  of  those  who  heard  it. 

Among  the  most  prominent  persons  who  then  joined 
the  church,  were  George  Bristol,  O.  W.  Edson,  James 
A.  Skilton,  D.  P.  Barringer,  Daniel  Marvin,  jr.,  Amos 
H.  Starks,  Dr.  Wesley  Newcomb,  Mary  J.  Byers, 
Roxy  Witherell,  Martha  Edson,  Julia  C.  Landon, 
Nancy  Wait,  Margaret  Eaulkner,  Eleanor  A.  Young, 
Welthy  Ogden,  and  Sarah  L.  Fisk. 

During  the  progress  of  this  revival  at  the  State- 
Street  Church,  the  Baptist  society  was  also  greatly 
augmented  by  the  evangelistic  preaching  of  Elder 
Knapp.  The  attention  of  the  citizens  was  never  before 


64  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

so  solemnly  directed  to  the  consideration  of  their 
spiritual  welfare  as  at  this  time. 

While  the  gracious  revival  was  in  progress,  the 
Rev.  James  Covel  was  gradually  becoming  physically 
weaker  and  the  day  of  his  death  was  approaching. 
When  on  May  15,  1845,  the  day  on  which  his  soul 
departed  from  its  fleshly  tenement,  his  physician,  Dr. 
A.  J.  Skilton,  said  to  him,  "  You  are  very  near  your 
end,"  he  replied,  "  I  hope  so."  Turning  to  his  wife, 
seated  by  him,  he  remarked,  "  You  are  seeing  me  for 
the  last  time  ;  I  long  to  be  gone."  Not  long  afterward 
he  murmured,  "  Tell  Brother  Mattison  that  I  die 
happy,"  and  then  he  quietly  passed  from  earth  to 
heaven.  His  funeral,  on  May  17,  was  largely  attended; 
Bishop  Hedding  preaching  a  solemn  but  eloquent 
sermon  on  the  text,  "I  am  now  ready  to  be  offered, 
and  the  time  of  my  departure  is  at  hand."  One  of  the 
last  official  acts  of  the  saintly  pastor  was  his  appoint- 
ment of  Lyman  R.  Avery  and  the  writer  as  class- 
leaders. 

The  Rev.  Elijah  Chichester  often,  when  preaching, 
made  use  of  very  striking  illustrations  to  give  point  to 
his  strong  declarations.  About  the  year  1845,  when 
he  was  far  advanced  in  years,  he  preached  in  the  old 
brick  church  in  State  Street  on  the  observance  of  the 
Sabbath.  The  desecration  of  the  day  he  said  was  not 
unfrequently  a  sin  of  some  of  the  merchants  of  the  city 
who  were  prominent  members  of  the  different  churches. 
From  Monday  until  Saturday  they  would  buy  goods 
in  the  City  of  New  York,  and  then  hasten  home  and 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  65 

be  found  the  next  day  seated  in  their  church  pews 
listening  attentively  to  the  sermon  of  their  pastors. 
Before  returning  from  New  York  they  had  made  the 
merchants,  from  whom  they  had  purchased  their  stock 
of  goods,  promise  that  they  would  send  them  by  the 
Sunday  boat  to  Troy.  "  Now,  while  I  am  uttering 
these  words  a  person  might  look  out  on  the  river  at 
Poughkeepsie  and  see  the  passing  steamer  laden  with 
those  goods,  on  which  vessel  the  officers  and  crew  are 
breaking  the  Sabbath  to  accomplish  the  wishes  of  the 
merchants  who  are  now  sitting  in  the  churches  hearing 
the  gospel  preached  and  the  commandments  recited." 

VALENTINE    MARVIN. 

One  of  the  most  prominent  members  of  the  early 
society  in  State  Street  was  Valentine  Marvin,  a  Troy 
dry-goods  merchant.  He  was  a  very  strict  and  consci- 
entious man  in  all  his  dealings,  and  in  contributing 
money  for  religious  purposes  he  was  extremely  careful 
that  no  loss  should  be  sustained  by  the  church  in  the 
use  of  the  paper  money  given  it  by  him.  In  his  day 
some  of  the  paper  money  of  Western  New  York  had 
only  a  discount  value  in  Troy,  and  those  who  received 
it  did  not  always  obtain  its  full  value  when  they 
wanted  to  use  it.  He  was  unwilling,  therefore,  to 
contribute  any  such  money  to  the  church  as  had  a 
discount  value  and  always  gave  coin  or  Troy  bank 
notes,  remarking  that  the  Lord  should  have  no  sac- 
rifice from  him  which  was  not  perfect  and  without 
blemish.  His  house  was  always  open  to  the  traveling 
preachers  of  the  church.  The  Rev.  John  Newland 


66  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

Maffitt  made  his  home  at  the  Marvin  mansion  for  three 
months  at  a  time  and  no  compensation  was  ever 
received  for  so  prolonged  a  stay. 

In  1845,  the  Rev.  Luman  A.  Sanford  was  sent  to 
the  State  Street  Church,  who  had  the  Rev.  A.  W. 
Garvin  for  an  assistant.  Their  labors  were  likewise 
blessed  and  a  number  of  persons  increased  the  mem- 
bership of  the  church. 

In  1847,  the  Rev.  Allen  Steele,  who  is  said  to  have 
been  one  of  the  most  brilliant  and  intellectual  men 
that  ever  occupied  any  pulpit,  took  charge  of  the 
spiritual  affairs  of  the  society.  During  his  pastorate 
the  Congress  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at 
the  intersection  of  Congress  and  Ferry  streets,  was 
dedicated  by  him. 

It  was  also  during  his  pastorate  of  the  State  Street 
society  that  the  Third  Street  Church,  on  the  northeast 
corner  of  Third  and  Monroe  streets,  was  built.  The 
small  society  which  had  been  organized,  in  1843,  began 
its  erection  in  1847.  On  Christmas  day,  that  year,  the 
building  was  dedicated  with  appropriate  services. 

In  1849,  the  Rev.  Zephaniah  N.  Lewis  was  appointed 
to  State  Street  Church.  He  was,  it  is  said,  "  a 
weeping  prophet,"  and  seldom  preached  without 
betraying  his  emotions  in  a  flow  of  tears.  This  faithful 
pastor  of  the  church  was  succeeded,  in  1851,  by  the 
Rev.  Stephen  D.  Brown,  one  of  the  most  popular  as 
well  as  active  preachers  belonging  to  the  Troy  Confer- 
ence. During  his  pastorate  a  number  of  Methodists 
began  holding  meetings  of  prayer  and  exhortation 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  67 

In  the  school-house  in  the  tenth  ward  of  the  city,  and 
they  organized  themselves  on  May  i5,  1852,  as  a 
society  known  as  "  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in 
North  Troy."  This  name  they  changed  on  May  15, 
1854,  to  that  of  "  the  North  Troy  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church." 

In  1853,  the  Conference  sent  to  the  State  Street 
society  the  Rev.  Lester  Janes,  who  was  a  faithful 
pastor,  and  was  followed,  in  1854,  by  the  Rev.  Halsey 
W.  Ransom,  who  was  a  man  of  much  stability  of 
purpose  and  an  acceptable  preacher.  In  1856  and  1857, 
the  Rev.  Stephen  Parks  had  charge  of  the  church  and 
did  excellent  service,  and  was  much  loved  by  the 
people.  His  failing  health  compelled  him,  at  the  close 
of  his  pastorate  in  Troy,  to  relinquish  his  work  in  the 
ministry,  and,  in  1858,  he  located  and  went  into  busi- 
ness. He  amassed  a  fortune  and  retired.  He  now 
resides  in  Lansingburgh. 

Space  will  not  permit  me  to  particularize  the  gifts,  the 
work,  and  the  success  of  each  of  the  subsequently 
appointed  pastors  of  the  State  Street  Church  :  the 
mother  church  of  the  eight  other  flourishing  Methodist 
societies  in  the  city.  I  can  only  mention  the  names  of 
these  faithful  preachers  and  the  periods  of  their 
respective  ministrations. 

In  1858,  the  Rev.  Joseph  K.  Cheeseman  came  to  the 
church,  serving  it  two  years  ;  in  1860,  the  Rev.  Ira  G. 
Bidwell,  whose  ministrations  also  covered  a  period  of 
two  years;  then  in  1862,  the  Rev.  Charles  W.  Cushing, 
and  in  1864,  the  Rev.  Stephen  D.  Brown  returned  and 


68  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

was  as  popular  as  before,  and,  in  1865,  the  Rev.  Erastus- 
Wentworth,  D.  D. 

In  the  fall  of  1866,  the  building  of  the  present  stone 
church  was  projected  and  subscriptions  were  circulated 
to  obtain  the  means  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the 
undertaking.  In  the  spring  of  1867,  the  property  east, 
of  the  brick  church  plot,  extending  to  Fifth  Street,  was. 
purchased.  In  June,  that  year,  the  trustees  resolved  to 
contract  for  the  excavation  for  the  foundations  of  the 
building.  Thus  far  the  work  had  been  advanced  when 
the  Rev.  George  W.  Brown,  in  1868,  was  appointed 
pastor  of  the  society.  The  corner-stone  was  laid  on 
Thursday  afternoon,  June  25,  that  year,  by  the  Rev. 
Truman  Seymour ;  addresses  being  made  by  the  Rev. 
Stephen  D.  Brown,  of  New  York  City,  and  the  Rev. 
Erastus  Wentworth,  D.  D.,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.  The. 
edifice  was  erected  according  to  the  plans  of  Woollett 
&  Ogden,  architects. 

LAST   SERMON    IN    THE    BRICK    CHURCH. 

On  February  13,  1871,  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
resolved  to  sell  the  old  brick  church  to  Mr.  Gardiner 
for  $1,200.  On  Sunday  evening,  February  26,  that 
year,  the  pastor,  the  Rev.  George  W.  Brown,  delivered 
"  a  memorial  discourse  in  it,  which  was  the  last  sermon 
preached  in  the  building."  On  that  memorable  occa- 
sion, he  said  :  "  Since  the  building  of  this  house  of 
worship,  many  of  the  prominent  men  of  Methodism 
have  occupied  its  pulpit.  Bishop  Hedding,  besides 
preaching  the  dedicatory  sermon,  often  proclaimed  here 
the  word  of  life.  Dr.  Olin,  too,  on  several  occasions,. 


STATE    STREET    M.    E.    CHURCH,    BUILT,    1871;    AND   CHAPEL,    BUILT,    1882. 
(With   projected   steeple.) 


7°  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

preached  here,  and,  when  in  the  full  strength  of  his  col- 
lossal  powers,  has,  to  use  the  language  of  one  who  heard 
him  often,  'gone  through  this  pulpit  with  the  tread  of  an 
elephant.'  Here  Bishop  Waugh  preached  the  funeral 
sermon  on  the  death  of  Bishop  Emory.  Here  Dr- 
Dempster  has  held  forth  the  word  of  life.  Dr.  J.  P. 
Durbin,  also,  in  his  masterly  manner,  has  here  pre- 
sented the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  But  what  shall  I 
more  say,  for  the  time  would  fail  me  to  tell  of  all  the 
heroes  of  olden  days,  or  more  recent  years,  who  have 
here  done  battle  for  God— men  who  were  tried  and 
true — and  whose  glittering  steel  has  smitten  error  and 
defended  truth  while  leading  on  the  militant  hosts  of 

o 

God's   elect. 

"  This  church  has  a  history  toward  which  none  of 
her  children  need  blush  to  point.  We  are  thankful  for 
the  influence  this  '  Mother  of  Methodism '  in  this 
section  has  had,  and  for  the  number  of  her  daughter 

o 

churches  which  '  rise  up  and  call  her  blessed.'  We 
are  not  forgetful  of  the  princely  men  of  our  Israel,  who 
have  here  preached  the  word  in  the  demonstration  of 
the  Spirit  and  with  power. 

"  Thus  it  has  been  with  this  church.     The  cloud  has 
rested     here    for    more    than    half    a    century.      The 
Shekinah  glory  has  beamed  from  this  altar  and  filled 
the  house  with  its  radiance.    To-night  that  cloud  lifts— 
and  this  is  God's  temple  no  longer." 

John  G.  Buswell,  related  at  this  last  meeting  held  in 
the  old  brick  church  that,  when  a  stranger  in  the  city, 
he  was  making  inquiries  of  a  number  of  persons- 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  71 

respecting  the  location  of  the  Methodist  Church,  that 
Myron  King,  then  a  boy,  overheard  one  of  his  interro- 
gations and  told  him  that  he  would  show  him  the 
meeting-house,  which  he  did  to  the  delight  of  Mr. 
Buswell,  who  then  began  his  personal  relations  with 
the  members  of  the  State  Street  society,  which  he 
maintained  for  many  years  thereafter. 

At  the  last  meeting  in  the  old  brick  meeting-house, 
Gardner  Landon  was  so  deeply  affected  by  the  thought 
that  he  would  not  again  enter  it  as  a  church  that  he 
could  hardly  express  his  feelings  on  that  memorable 
occasion.  "  Here,"  he  said,  "  I  was  born  a  Christian 
at  this  holy  altar ;  here  I  have  worshipped  from  year 
to  year,  and  now  I  cannot  but  feel  sorry  that  I  shall  no 
longer  be  permitted  to  worship  at  it.  I  will  imprint 
one  kiss  upon  it  in  remembrance  of  the  past."  Bowing 
reverently  over  the  altar  railing,  he  kissed  it  with  no 
little  fervor  of  affection. 

BUILDING    OF    THE    STONE    CHURCH. 

The  new  church,  built  of  blue  lime-stone,  was  dedi- 
cated by  Bishop  Matthew  Simpson,  on  Thursday 
morning,  March  30,  1871.  The  attractive  edifice  has  a 
frontage  of  seventy-five  feet  on  State  Street,  and  a 
depth  of  one  hundred  feet,  on  Fifth  Street.  The 
auditorium,  fifty-nine  by  seventy  feet,  has  650  sittings 
and  the  gallery  250.  The  tower,  nineteen  feet  square, 
rises  to  a  height  of  eighty-five  feet ;  and  when  com- 
pleted, with  the  steeple,  the  height  from  the  sidewalk 
to  the  finial  on  the  spire,  will  be  one  hundred  and 
seventy-five  feet.  The  estimated  cost  of  the  church, 


72  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

when  completed,  will  be  $125,000.  (See  subscription 
in  appendix.) 

It  was  during-  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  George  W. 
Brown  that  the  last  general  revival  took  place  in  the 
old  brick  church.  He  secured,  in  1869,  the  services  of 
the  Troy  Praying  Band  to  assist  him  in  conducting  it. 
The  church,  as  in  the  great  revivals  led  by  the  Rev. 
John  Newland  Maffitt,  often  overflowed  with  the  people 
attracted  to  the  blessed  meetings.  Two  members  of 
the  present  official  board  of  the  society  were  converted 
at  that  revival.  It  was  a  thorough  work  of  grace. 
Among  the  persons  converted  was  a  young  man  who 
was  then  a  college  student,  whom,  it  was  thought, 
would  enter  the  Methodist  ministry,  but  after  gradua- 
ting at  a  Presbyterian  college  with  high  honors,  he 
began  the  study  of  law.  Inasmuch  as  there  is  need 
for  Christian  lawyers,  as  well  as  clergymen,  God's  will 
is  no  less  accomplished  by  the  event. 

Since  the  year  of  the  dedication  of  the  last  church, 
erected  by  the  congregation,  seven  other  pastors  have 
had  charge  of  the  society.  The  Rev.  William  H. 
Hughes, from  1872  to  1874;  tne  R-ev-  Henry  D.  Kimball, 
from  187410  1877.  A  very  glorious  revival  took  place 
during  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  H.  D.  Kimball,  in 
1876.  He  was  assisted  by  Mrs.  Maggie  Van  Cott,  an 
earnest  and  active  revivalist.  She  was  entertained  at 
the  house  of  the  writer  while  engaged  in  the  blessed 
work  in  the  State  Street  Church.  At  the  close  of  the 
last  services,  she,  the  writer,  and  a  number  of  other 
interested  persons,  prolonged  their  stay  at  the  church 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  73 

by  singing  together  such  attractive  revival  hymns  as 
"  Hallelujah,  'tis  done."  When  the  writer,  his  guest, 
and  his  family  returned  home,  they  found  that  it 
had  been  broken  into  by  burglars  and  robbed  of 
money  and  valuables.  The  writer  took  the  most  com- 
placent view  of  the  loss  as  was  possible,  and  proposed 
that  the  hymn  "  Hallelujah,  'tis  done  "  should  be  sung, 
but  his  children  were  unwilling  to  take  part  in  the 
singing  of  it.  Finally,"  Have  you  in  the  Lord  believed  ?  " 
and  "  Still  there's  more  to  follow,"  were  sung  with  con- 
siderable feeling.  Singular  as  it  may  appear,  on  the 
night  of  the  lecture  delivered  by  Mrs.  Van  Cott,  shortly 
afterward  in  Troy,  the  residence  of  the  Rev.  H.  D. 
Kimball  was  entered  by  burglars  and  a  number  of 
articles  of  value  stolen.  The  incident  was  looked  upon 
as  a  literal  fulfillment  of  the  words,  "  More  to  follow," 
The  revival  of  1876  was  not  only  a  glorious  success, 
but  it  gave  to  several  of  the  Presbyterian  churches  a 
number  of  members. 

The  next  pastor  of  the  church  was  the  Rev.  George 
J.  Brown,  who  served  the  society  as  a  pastor  from  1877 
to  1880.  He  was  a  very  scholarly  man  and  highly 
blessed  spiritually.  In  the  last  year  of  his  pastorate  in 
State  Street  he  suffered  from  mental  derangement  and 
was  taken  to  the  asylum  at  Utica,  at  which  institution 
he  died,  December  i,  1880,  aged  41.  His  early 
decease  was  sincerely  mourned  by  the  congregation. 

The  Rev.  William  J.  Stevenson,  D.  D.,  was  his  suc- 
cessor, who  was  transferred  to  the  Troy  Conference 
from  Wilmington ,  Del.,  in  1880,  and  served  the  congre- 


74  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

gation  with  high  commendation  for  two  years.  His 
popularity  as  a  preacher  and  a  pastor  brought  him  a 
pressing  call  from  Harrisburg,  Pa.,  to  which  city  he 
went  from  Troy. 

He  was  followed,  in  1882,  by  the  Rev.  Ensign  Mc- 
Chesney,  Ph.  D.,  whose  excellent  sermons  and  genial 
disposition  obtained  for  him  the  high  appreciation  of 
the  congregation  and  a  host  of  admiring  friends,  who 
much  regretted  his  leaving  the  society,  in  1884,  when 
he  was  transferred  to  the  New  York  Conference. 
During  his  pastorate  the  erection  of  the  present  stone 
chapel  was  begun.  The  laying  of  the  corner-stone 
took  place  on  Tuesday  afternoon,  May  30,  1882. 
Addresses  were  delivered  by  the  pastor  and  by  the 
Rev.  William  J.  Stevenson,  D.  D.;  the  latter  laying  the 
corner-stone.  The  dedicatory  services,  on  Thursday 
afternoon,  March  29,  1883,  were  opened  by  prayer  by 
the  Rev.  Fred.  Widmer.  An  address  was  delivered  by 
the  Rev.  Henry  A.  Starks,  which  was  followed  by  the 
dedicatory  address  of  the  Rev.  William  J.  Stevenson, 
D.D. 

The  next  pastor  of  the  State  Street  Church  was  the 
Rev.  J.  E.  C.  Sawyer,  whose  constant  care  and 
thoughtful  sermons  will  long  bear  good  fruit  in  the 
vineyard  in  which  he  so  commendably  labored  from 
1 885  to  1888.  His  successor,  the  Rev.  Geonje  W. 

o 

Brown,  was  appointed  to  the  charge  on  April  16,  1888. 
His  former  popularity  in  it  as  an  excellent  preacher 
and  a  much-loved  pastor,  not  only  made  his  welcome 
to  the  society  one  of  affection,  but  it  also  presages  the 


METHODISM  IN  TROY.  75 

blessed  work  he  will  accomplish  should  the  blessings 
of  health  and  life  be  continued  him. 

MINISTERS    FROM    STATE    STREET    CHURCH. 

Not  a  few  gifted  and  holy  men  have  gone  forth  from 
the  State  Street  society  to  become  revered  and  distin- 
guished standard-bearers  of  the  Cross  :  James  C.  Bon- 
tecou,  Wright  Hazen  and  Merritt  Bates,  admitted  into 
the  ministry,  in  1827,  by  the  New  York  Conference  ; 
James  B.  Houghtaling,  admitted  by  the  New  York 
Conference,  in  1828,  who  served  the  Troy  Conference 
as  secretary,  from  its  organization  until  i852,  when  his 
health  would  no  longer  permit  him  to  perform  the 
duties  of  that  responsible  office  ;  F.  G.  Hibbard, 
admitted  by  the  New  York  Conference,  in  1830  ;  Wil- 
liam F.  Hurd  and  Asa  G.  Hand,  admitted  by  it  in  1831  ; 
James  Caughey,  admitted  by  the  New  York  Confer- 
ence, in  1832,  who  afterward  became  a  highly  suc- 
cessful evangelist  and  was  greatly  blessed  in  his 
remarkable  revival  work  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic  ; 
Philetus  Green,  admitted  by  the  New  England  Con- 
ference, in  1833  ;  Moses  L.  Scudder,  admitted  by  the 
New  England  Conference,  in  1837,  who  filled  many 
prominent  positions  in  the  New  England  states  and  in 
this  state,  and  was  the  author  of  several  excellent 
works.  I  may  further  mention  the  names  of  Orrin 
Pier,  H.  Robinson,  James  Hulme,  William  McComber, 
John  Luccook,  Coles  R.  Wilkins,  Horace  B.  Knight, 
Daniel  Mason,  Robert  Patterson,  and  Thomas  A. 
Griffin.  The  last  two  are  active  members  of  the  Troy 
Conference  and  are  doing  admirable  service  for  the 


76  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

master.  The  last  named  minister  has  occupied  the 
highest  office  in  the  gift  of  the  conference,  that  of  pre- 
siding elder,  and  was  a  member  of  the  General  Confer- 
ence. Henry  A.  Starks  and  Daniel  Marvin,  jr.,  also 
went  out  from  the  State  Street  society  and  are  now 
zealous  and  accomplished  ministers.  From  the  society 
also  P.  R.  Hawxhurst  and  Charlton  T.  Lewis,  of  the 
Troy  University,  went  forth  into  the  world's  great 
arena. 

One  of  the  noblest  and  most  distinguished  of  the 
Methodist  ministers  who  have  labored  in  Troy  was  the 
Rev.  Erastus  Wentworth,  D.  D.,  who  was  licensed  to 
preach  in  1840.  As  a  teacher  in  Gouverneur  Wesleyan 
Seminary  and  the  Troy  Conference  Academy,  as  a 
professor  of  natural  sciences  in  Dickinson  College,  as 
president  of  the  McKendree  College,  as  a  missionary  in 
China,  as  the  editor  of  the  Ladies  Repository,  as  a 
member  of  the  committee  on  the  revision  of  the 
Hymnal,  as  a  magazine  and  newspaper  writer,  as  a 
literary  reviewer,  as  a  friend,  a  pastor,  and  a  preacher, 
his  many  qualifications,  force  of  character,  and  large- 
ness of  heart  gave  him  that  individual  distinction  which 
will  ever  honor  his  name  and  endear  his  memory. 
When  he  died  at  Sandy  Hill,  on  May  25,  1886,  he 
had  reached  the  ripe  age  of  seventy-three  years.  It 
was  well  said  of  him  that  he  was  "  a  genius,  and  had 
the  brilliancy,  the  moods,  the  versatility,  and  the  eccen- 
tricity which  are  popularly  and  with  comparatively  few 
exceptions,  properly  connected  with  the  idea  of  genius." 
The  day  before  his  death  he  dictated  a  note  in  which 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  77 

he   says:    "I    am  very  sick  ;     willing  to    live    if  it  be 
God's  will."     The  last  word  he  whispered  was  "  rest." 

REUBEN     PECKHAM. 

The  death  of  Reuben  Peckham,  on  Friday  morning, 
January  14,  1887,  at  his  residence,  No.  102  Third 
Street,  deprived  the  State  Street  society  of  one  of 
its  most  active,  honored,  and  godly  members.  He 
became  connected  with  it  in  1834,  and  from  that  time 
filled  all  the  offices  held  by  its  laymen.  Benevolent 
in  his  gifts,  charitable  in  his  opinions,  exemplary  in  his 
life,  he  was  a  Methodist  without  reproach,  loved,  and 
remembered  by  all  who  knew  him.  The  first  of  his 
Quaker  ancestors  who  settled  in  America  were  colo- 
nists in  Rhode  Island.  Samuel  Peckham,  his  father, 
moved  thence  to  Dutchess  County,  in  this  state,  before 
the  Revolutionary  war.  Later  he  changed  his  resi- 
dence to  Pittstown,  in  Rensselaer  County,  where 
Reuben  Peckham  was  born,  February  25,  1812.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  was  employed  by  Valen- 
tine and  Daniel  Marvin,  dry-goods  merchants,  in  Troy. 
Subsequently  he  went  to  Utica  and  served  as  a  clerk 
in  the  store  of  his  brother,  John  S.  Peckham.  On  his 
return  to  Troy,  in  1836,  he  entered  into  partnership 
\\ith  John  G.  Buswell,  under  the  name  of  Buswell  & 
Peckham,  stove  manufacturers.  On  the  dissolution  of 
the  firm,  in  1841,  he  removed  to  New  York  and  there 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  as  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Wall  &  Peckham.  Returning  to  Troy,  he 
purchased,  April  i,  i85o,  the  interest  of  Alvin  Williams, 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Manning  &  Howland 


78  METHODISM   IN.  TROY. 

(William  H.  Manning,  Gardner  Howland,  and  Alvin 
Williams),  which,  in  1846,  erected  the  Mount  Ida  Mill, 
and  there  began  the  manufacture  of  manilla  paper.  On 
Reuben  Peckham's  admission  to  the  firm  it  took  the 
name  of  Manning  &  Peckham,  by  which  name  the 
business  was  conducted  when  he  died. 

ELIZABETH    HILLMAN. 

Before  passing  to  the  history  of  the  eight  churches 
in  the  city,  which  sprang  into  existence  from  the  State 
Street  society,  it  would  be  well  to  glance  briefly  at 
several  noteworthy  occurrences  in  the  lives  of  two  holy 
women  whose  souls  were  filled  with  the  spirit  of  the 
Saviour  of  men. 

One  of  the  most  touching  incidents  illustrative  of  the 
sanctifying  power  of  God's  grace  and  the  Christian 
fortitude  of  a  pious  woman,  I  may  here  relate  as  a 
tribute  to  the  memory  of  a  much -loved  relative  and 
an  estimable  member  of  the  State  Street  and  Congress 
Street  societies,  Miss  Elizabeth  Hillman,  familiarly 
called  Aunt  Betsey  Hillman,  who  was  well-known  to 
all  its  people  as  an  earnest  Christian  and  a  zealous 
worker  in  the  Lord's  vineyard.  During  revivals  she 
frequently  gave  evidence  of  her  joyous  exaltation  of 
soul  with  loud  shouts  of  praise  and  hallelujahs.  On 
Tuesday  evening,  July  27,  1862,  while  present  at  a 
prayer-meeting  held  at  the  residence  of  Noah  Clapp, 
a  member  of  the  State  Street  Church,  she  led  in 
prayer.  One  of  the  special  favors  which  she  solicited 
of  the  Great  Ruler  and  Disposer  of  events  was  that 
when  her  work  was  done  on  earth  she  might  be  called 


METHODISM   IN  TROY.  79 

quickly  to  heaven,  for  she  dreaded  the  pains  of  a  pro- 
longed illness. 

On  the  following  morning  she  took  passage  on  the 
boat  Henry  Clay,  plying  between   Albany  and    New 
York.  On  the  way  the  boat  began  racing  with  another 
steamboat,  the  Armenia,  on  the  opposition  line.     The 
excited   passengers   became  greatly  alarmed   for  their 
safety.      A    young   woman    from    Albany    was    much 
frightened  and  Miss  Hillman,  in  her  endeavors  to  calm 
her  apprehensions,  spoke  to  her  about  the  salvation  of 
her  soul.     Discovering  that  she  had  not  yet  accepted 
Christ  as  her  Saviour,  and  was  wholly  unprepared  to 
die,  Aunt   Betsy  urged  her  to  give   her  heart  to  God. 
This  she  promised  to  do,  if  she  should  be  permitted  to 
get  off  the  boat  alive.     Shortly  afterward  the  boat  was 
discovered  to  be  on  fire,  and  was  steered  toward  the 
shore.     In  attempting  to  save  their  lives  about  fifty  of 
the  passengers  were  burned  or  drowned.     The  young 
woman  and  Miss  Hillman,  in  seeking  a  way  of  escape, 
were  compelled  to  decide  which  one  of  the  two  should 
perish  on  board  the  burning  boat.    Aunt  Betsy  at  once 
urged  her  dismayed  and  sorely-distressed  companion 
to  leave  her,  saying  :    "  I  am  prepared  to  die,  and  you 
are  not."     The  young  woman  fortunately  escaped  and 
afterward   obtained  that   peace   of  soul,  of  which   she 
delighted  to  speak  when  tearfully  telling   of  the  noble 
unselfishness    of  the    Christian   woman   who  went   to 
Heaven   in  a  bright   mantle  of  flame.     Her  age  was 
fifty-seven.      Her   body    was   brought    home  by    her 
brother   Jacob,    who    was    with    her,   and    her   funeral 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

services  were  held  in  the  Congress  Street  M.  E. 
Church.  The  Rev.  Ephraim  Goss  preached  her 
funeral  sermon. 

ANN     CHAPEL. 

For  many  years  among  the  members  of  the  State 
Street  Church,  Ann  Chapel  was  well  known  for  her 
saintly  character.  She  afterward  joined  the  Congress 
Street  Church,  and  was  a  member  of  my  class.  When 
a  little  girl  in  England,  the  great  founder  of  our  church, 
John  Wesley,  had  placed  his  hands  on  her  head  and 
given  her  his  blessing.  I  had  frequently  visited  the 
aged  pilgrim  and  had  often  prayed  with  her.  When 
she  was  taken  with  her  last  illness,  about  the  year 
1 86 1,  I  was  suddenly  impressed  by  a  sense  of  duty  to 
visit  her.  Leaving  my  business  abruptly,  I  hastened 
to  her  dwelling  and  found  her  lying  in  bed  in  a  clean 
and  tidy  room.  Going-  to  the  bedside,  I  inquired  how 
Jesus  appeared  to  her  then  as  a  Saviour.  Her  face 
beamed  with  heavenly  light  as  she  began  to  recite, 

"Jesus,   lover  of    my  soul." 

\Vhen  she  had  said,  "  Let  me,"  in  the  second  line  of 
the  stanza,  her  voice  failed  to  give  utterance  to  the 
succeeding  words.  Seeing  her  emotion,  I  cheerfully 
said  to  her,  "  Sister  Chapel,  I  have  always  had  a  great 
reverence  for  John  Wesley,  and  I  have  a  picture  of  his 
death-bed  hanging  in  my  room  at  home.  Knowing 
that  he  blessed  you,  when  your  were  a  little  girl  in 
England,  I  wish  that  you  would  place  your  hand  on 
my  head  and  give  me  your  blessing,  after  I  have 
prayed  with  you."  After  my  prayer,  I  leaned  over 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  Sr 

on  the  bed  and  she  laid  her  emaciated  hand  on  my 
head,  and  said,  "  Yes,  a  thousand  blessings  on  your 
head.  God  bless  you."  O  how  the  glory  of  that 
blessing  seemed  to  come  down  upon  me!  It  seemed 
to  me  that  I  had  never  been  so  blessed  in  all  my  life. 
I  left  her  room  about  noon,  and  at  sunset  she  entered 
the  haven  of  heavenly  rest  where  there  is  no  night  nor 
darkness.  Although  I  have  never  had  the  imposed 
hands  of  a  bishop  on  my  head,  I  have  always  felt  no 
little  peace  and  happiness  in  having  had  the  blessing  of 
Ann  Chapel,  as  a  connecting  link  with  the  blessing  of 
John  Wesley. 

THOMAS     ARCHIBALD. 

One  of  the  venerable  and  active  members  of  the 
State  Street  Church  was  Thomas  Archibald,  who,  about 
the  year  1820,  became  a  class-leader  in  the  society. 
He  was  licensed  to  exhort  and  afterwards  to  preach. 
He  was  an  intimate  acquaintance  of  the  writer  when 
still  a  boy.  His  class  was  accustomed  to  meet  in  the 
small,  frame  school-house,  which  stood  on  Fifth  Street, 
east  of  the  old  wooden  church.  Frequently  during 
revival  meetings  the  services  of  the  class  were  of  such 
an  interesting  character  that  not  a  few  of  the  members 
would  lose  their  strength,  and  when  the  services  in  the 
church  began  some  persons  would  be  left  in  the  school- 
room in  charge  of  them,  until  they  had  recovered 
their  strength.  From  Thomas  Archibald's  class  the 

o 

Revs.  Wright  Hazen,  Merritt  Bates,  James  C.  Bonte- 
cou,  and  Philetus  Green,  went  into  the  Methodist 
ministry.  This  information  was  furnished  by  his 


82  METHODISM  IN   TROY. 

excellent  wife  who  is  still  living.  She  is  a  sister  of 
E.  A.  Burrows,  and  the  mother  of  J.  C.  Archibald.  She 
also  informed  the  writer  that  in  those  days,  if  any 
member  of  the  society  were  absent  from  the  class- 
meeting's  four  consecutive  times,  he  or  she  was  dealt 
with  for  neglect  of  duty. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


PAWLING  AVENUE  CHURCH. 


The  first  Methodist  meeting-house  at  Albia,  in  the 
fifth  ward  of  the  city,  was  erected  by  the  trustees  of 
the  State  Street  society,  for  the  purpose  of  providing 
its  members  there  with  a  convenient  place  for  hearing 
preaching  and  for  holding  prayer-meetings,  when  they 
were  precluded  from  attending  religious  services  at  the 
State  Street  Church.  On  August  15,  1826,  the 
trustees  appointed  John  Usher,  Barney  Weatherwax, 
and  Caleb  Knight  "  a  committee  of  superintendence  to 
the  building  of  a  Methodist  meeting-house  in  the 
village  of  Albia  for  the  use  of  the  members."  In  1829, 
the  Rev.  John  Tackaberry,  who  had  been  appointed 
by  the  conference  to  assist  the  Rev.  Samuel  Merwin, 
pastor  of  the  State  Street  society,  statedly  preached  in 
the  new  meeting-house  at  Albia.  In  1830,  the  Rev. 
Abiathar  M.  Osbon,  assisting  the  Rev.  John  B.  Stratton, 
also  statedly  preached  there.  In  1831,  the  Rev. 
Abiathar  M.  Osbon  was  appointed  by  conference  to 
take  charge  of  the  Albia  society.  In  1853,  the  Rev. 


PAWLING    AVENUE    (  ALT5IA  1    M.    E     CHURCH. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Aaron  Hall  was  appointed  to  take  charge  of  Levings 
Chapel  and  the  Albia  society,  which  two  were  under 
the  same  pastor  until  1861,  when  the  Rev.  L.  Barber 
was  appointed  to  Albia.  In  the  following  year  no 
appointment  was  made  for  Albia,  but  Rev.  G.  H. 
Gregory  supplied  the  pulpit.  In  1863,  the  Rev.  W. 
H.  Hughes  was  sent  to  the  society,  which  had  then 
one  hundred  and  twenty-two  members.  In  1868,  the 
society  was  designated  by  the  name  of  the  Pawling 
Avenue  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  The  stone 
tablet  in  the  front  wall  of  the  church  bears  this  inscrip- 
tion :  "Erected  A.  D.  1827.  Rebuilt  A.  D.  i858." 
The  present  membership  of  the  church  is  166. 


86  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


FIFTH  AVENUE  (NORTH  SECOND  ST.)  CHURCH. 

The  expediency  of  taking-  advantage  of  the  growth 
of  the  city  northward  of  Grand  Division  Street,  and  of 
having  a  church  in  which  the  seats  were  free,  caused 
the  State  Street  society  to  give  consideration  to  the 
project  of  providing  a  place  of  worship  in  the  north 
part  of  Troy.  On  May  23,  1831,  the  Quarterly  Con- 
ference appointed  a  committee,  Eli  Townsend,  Stephen 
Monroe  and  William  C.  Urena,  "  to  provide  a  place 
for  preaching  somewhere  in  the  bounds  of  the  fourth 
ward."  On  August  8,  that  year,  the  committee 
reported  "  that  the  only  place  to  be  had  "  was  "  the 
dwelling-house  "  of  Stephen  Monroe.  A  committee 
of  five  persons,  William  W.  Whipple,  Eli  Townsend, 
Stephen  Andres,  Daniel  Marvin,  jr.,  and  Independence 
Starks,  was  then  appointed  "  to  provide  a  place  or 
places  for  meetings  in  the  first  and  fourth  wards  "  of 
the  city.  Considering  that  the  lot  on  the  northeast 
corner  of  North  Second  and  Jacob  streets  would  be 
an  eligible  site  for  a  church,  Eli  Townsend,  James 


METHODISM  IN   TROY.  87 

Wallace,  and  Jefferson  Gardner,  on  August  13,  that 
year,  privately  purchased  the  plot  for  $1,500,  and 
determined  to  hold  the  ground  in  their  possession  until 
the  State  Street  society  should  take  proper  action  in 
the  matter.  On  the  evening  of  that  day,  the  trustees 
of  the  State  Street  society  resolved  that  a  subscription 
should  be  "  circulated  throughout  the  City  of  Troy  and 
elsewhere  for  the  purpose  of  building  a  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  in  the  fourth  ward "  of  the  city 
"with  free  seats."  On  May  12,  1832,  they  voted  to 
buy  the  lot  "owned  by  Eli  Townsend  and  others, 
opposite  Lawyer  Ross'  house,"  and  on  March  18, 
1833,  appointed  Eli  Townsend  and  Zina  P.  Egleston 
to  purchase  the  property  "  at  the  price  of  $1,500  and 
the  expenses "  which  had  accrued  thereon  since  the 
lot  was  bought  by  its  three  owners  from  Latham 
Cornell.  On  June  14,  1834,  the  trustees  resolved  to 
proceed  with  the  building  of  the  church  according  to 
the  plan  furnished  them  by  G.  &  H.  Landon,  and 
appointed  Zina  P.  Egleston,  Thomas  L.  Ostrom,  and 
Jesse  Anthony,  a  committee  "  to  take  the  supervision 
of  the  building"  of  the  church,  and  "  to  make  contracts 
for  the  same."  In  furnishing  the  audience  room,  the 
trustees  voted  on  August  21,  1835,  to  put  moreen 
curtains  "  in  the  rear  of  the  pulpit."  The  building 
was  a  brick  structure  with  a  basement.  As  soon  as 
the  rooms  in  the  basement  were  finished,  they  were 
used  for  prayer  and  other  meetings,  and  by  the 
Sunday-school,  which  had  been  organized  on  June  2, 
that  year,  in  Miss  Annie  Manwarring's  school-room  on 


88  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

the  west  side  of  North  Second  Street,  between  Federal 
and  Jacob  streets.  On  Sunday  afternoon,  August  30, 
Bishop  Elijah  Hedding  dedicated  the  church. 

DIVISION    OF    THE    PROPERTY. 

To  become  an  incorporated  body,  the  congregation 
on  October  12,  1835,  elected  EH  Townsend,  Jesse 
Anthony,  John  W.  Mackey,  John  Wright,  and  Zina  P. 
Egleston,  trustees  of  "  the  North  Second  Street 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  the  City  of  Troy."  On 
January  16, 1836,  the  trustees  of  the  State  Street  Church 
agreed  to  divide  the  property  of  the  society  between 
the  congregations.  The  society  was  then  encumbered 
with  a  debt  of  $9,675.97,  which  had  been  made  by  the 
building  of  the  North  Second  Street  Church.  The  State 
Street  congregation  agreed  to  assume  the  payment  of 
$5,338.53  of  the  debt,  and  the  North  Second  Street 
the  remainder — $4,337.44.  Under  this  arrangement, 
by  an  order  of  the  Chancellor  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  the  trustees  of  the  State  Street  Church,  or 
"the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Troy,"  deeded  to 
the  trustees  of  the  North  Second  Street  society  the 
lot  and  church  on  the  northeast  corner  of  North 
Second  and  Jacob  streets.  The  Rev.  Samuel  D.  Fer- 
guson preached  to  the  congregation  from  1835  to 
1836.  The  first  pastor  of  the  church,  the  Rev.  Charles 
Sherman,  took  charge  of  the  society  in  1836.  During 
the  second  pastorate,  in  1843-44,  his  health  failed  him, 
and  he  died,  March  10,  1844.  He  was  succeeded,  in 
1838,  by  the  Rev.  P.  C  Oakley.  In  1839,  the  Rev. 
Noah  Levings  was  appointed  the  pastor  of  the  society. 


FIFTH    AVENUE    (NORTH    2d    ST.)    M.    E.    CHURCH. 


90  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

On  February  7,  1840,  he  wrote  to  the  editors  ot  the 
Christian  Advocate  and  Journal :  "  The  Lord  is 
carrying  on  a  blessed  revival  of  religion  in  the  North 
Second  Street  Church  in  this  city.  It  has  been  in 
progress  since  the  new  year  commenced.  *  *  * 
The  work  has  taken  a  deep  hold  of  the  public  mind, 
and  has  resulted  in  the  conversion  of  60  or  70  souls. 
Among  them  are  several  heads  of  families,  and  a 
number  of  North  River  captains,  who  acknowledged 
when  they  set  out  that  they  had  been  beating  down 
the  Gulf  of  Destruction  by  far  too  long,  and  that  they 
had  resolved  to  '  down  helm  and  come  about.'  They 
are  now  got  under  way  for  Heaven,  with  a  fine  breeze 
and  a  fair  prospect  of  landing  in  glory." 

On  March  13,  that  year,  he  again  wrote:  "The 
good  work  is  still  in  progress.  *  *  We  have 

received  160,  and  others  are  expected  to  join  soon." 
During  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  H.  L.  Starks,  several 
gracious  revivals  blessed  his  labors.  On  November 
28,  1841,  he  wrote  to  the  editors  of  the  Christian 
Advocate  and  Journal :  "  Upward  of  30  have  been 
converted  within  the  last  two  and  a  half  months  ;  36 
have  united  with  us  on  trial,  and  8  were  at  the  altar 
last  Sabbath  evening." 

On  the  6th  of  April  following,  he  thus  wrote  of 
another  work  of  grace  :  "  During  the  past  winter 
God  has  very  graciously  favored  us  with  an  outpour- 
ing of  his  Spirit.  *  *  *  Upward  of  80  have  been 
converted.  About  60  have  joined  the  church." 

The  next  pastor,  the  Rev.  Merritt  Bates,  also   was 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  9i 

blessed  in  this  field,  and  wrote  on  February  20,  1843  : 
"  A  protracted  meeting  has  been  in  progress  in  the 
North  Second  Street  M.  E.  Church  for  several  weeks 
past,  and  2 1 1  have  been  received  on  probation  since 
it  commenced." 

On  January  26,  1846,  the  Rev.  S.  L.  Stillman  wrote 
to  the  leading  church  paper  :  "  The  work  is  glori- 
ously prosperous  among  us  in  the  North  Second  Street 
Church.  More  than  fifty  persons  have  recently  signi- 
fied their  desire  to  flee  from  the  wrath  to  come  and  to 
be  saved  from  their  sins.  Between  thirty  and  forty, 
including  several  of  the  choir  and  their  leader,  have 
been  converted  within  the  last  two  weeks,  and  about 
thirty  have  given  their  names,  and  pledged  themselves 
to  travel  with  us  to  the  heavenly  rest." 

The  following  interesting  incidents  were  communi- 
cated by  the  Rev.  James  H.  Darrow,  on  June  24, 
1848,  to  the  editors  of  the  Christian  Advocate  and 
Journal : 

"  I  am  happy  to  inform  you  that  choir  singing  is 
abolished  in  the  North  Second  Street  M.  E.  Church  in 
this  city.  I  wish  you  could  worship  with  us  once,  and 
witness  the  soul-stirring  melody  made  by  hundreds  of 
spiritual  songsters.  I  have  inquired  diligently  and 
cannot  find  one  person  who  is  dissatisfied  with  the 
change.  I  have  never  heard  of  a  similar  change  in 
any  other  church  that  was  the  cause  of  dissatisfaction, 
while,  on  the  other  hand,  I  never  knew  of  choir-sing- 
ing being  adopted  in  a  church  without  causing  more 
or  less  dissatisfaction  ;  and,  I  may  add,  animosities* 


92  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

strifes,  bickerings,  jealousies,  and  the  like,  have  been 
generally  the  fruit.     We  are  in  the  midst  of  a  revival." 

The  erection  of  a  new  church  edifice  was  first 
discussed  by  the  trustees  of  the  society  on  April  4, 
1854.  At  their  next  meeting,  a  week  later,  they 
resolved  to  build  the  church  on  the  site  of  the  first 
structure.  While  the  new  church  was  building,  the 
society  worshipped  in  the  Tabernacle,  or  old  Fourth 
Presbyterian  Church,  on  the  northwest  corner  of 
Elbow  (Fulton),  and  Fifth  streets.  The  new  house  of 
worship  was  dedicated  by  Bishop  Janes  on  Friday, 
December  29,  1854.  The  society's  present  member- 
ship is  566. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  passed  on 
Thursday  evening,  February  9,  1888,  the  name  of  the 
society  was  changed  to  that  of  the  Fifth  Avenue  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church  of  Troy,  in  consequence  of 
North  Second  Street  being  changed  to  Fifth  Avenue 
by  the  Common  Council  of  the  city. 

The  Troy  Conference  has  held  five  of  its  annual 
sessions  in  the  churches  of  the  society  :  May  31,1 843  ; 
May  9,  1855;  April  12,  1871;  April  19,  1882;  and 
April  n,  1888. 

The  following  members  of  the  society  became 
ministers  of  the  Methodist  and  other  churches  :  James 
B.  Wood,  James  Lemon,  Charles  S.  Harrower,  Gilbert 
D.  Gregory,  Walton  W.  Battershall,  George  A.  Hall, 
George  Woodworth,  Ibra  Cannon,  and  Marvin  R. 
Vincent. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  93. 


LEVINGS    CHURCH. 

A  number  of  persons,  designating  themselves 
members  of  the  Fourth  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in 
Troy,  held  a  meeting  on  September  24,  1838,  at  their 
usual  place  of  divine  worship  at  the  Nail  Works,  for 
the  purpose  of  organizing  a  Methodist  society,  and 
there  elected  Stephen  Frank,  William  Stewart,  Charles 
Dibble,  Joseph  Carlin,  and  Philip  Hogle  "  trustees  of 
Levings  Chapel  in  the  city  of  Troy."  The  society 
erected  a  house  of  worship  in  i85o.  The  Rev.  J.  W. 
Belknap  was  appointed,  in  1851,  to  take  charge  of  the 
society  and  that  of  the  Third  Street  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church.  He  was  succeeded,  in  i852,  by  the 
Rev.  Tobias  Spicer,  who  was  appointed  pastor  of  the 
Levings  Chapel  society.  Speaking  of  his  appointment 
he  observes  :  "  My  labors  this  year  were  mostly  in 
South  Troy,  where  we  had  a  feeble  society,  which 
had  lately  built  a  new  church.  In  1853,  the  Rev.  Aaron 
Hall  had  the  appointment  to  Levings  Chapel  and 
Albia.  In  1861,  the  two  societies  had  separate  appoint- 


^4  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

ments,  the  Rev.  S.  P.  Williams  receiving  that  of 
Levings  Chapel.  During  the  second  year  of  his  pas- 
torate the  number  of  the  members  of  the  society  was 
one  hundred  and  forty.  In  1888,  the  number  of 
members  was  two  hundred  and  twelve. 

Some  years  ago  the  Quarterly  Conference  passed  a 
resolutiqn  changing  the  name  of  Levings  Chapel  to 
that  of  Levings  Church,  and  since  that  time  the 
society  has  been  recognized  by  that  name,  although 
the  corporate  name,  Levings  Chapel,  has  not  been 
changed. 

The  following  persons,  who  were  members  of  this 
society,  entered  the  Methodist  ministry  :  William  H. 
Smith  and  Samuel  A.  Kirkbride. 


LEVINGS   CHURCH   AND   PARSONAGE. 


96  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


THIRD    STREET    CHURCH. 


The  origin  of  the  Third  Street  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  can  be  traced  to  a  statement  made  by  William 
Barrett,  a  class-leader  of  the  State  Street  Church,  at 
the  leaders'  meeting  held  on  May  2,  1842.  There 
speaking  of  the  prospect  of  advancing  the  cause  of 
Methodism  in  South  Troy,  he  suggested  the  suita- 
bleness of  the  house  belonging  to  him  in  that  part  of 
the  city  for  preaching.  In  the  spring  of  1843,  Daniel 
Hudson  moved  from  the  northern  part  of  Troy,  where 
he  had  been  superintendent  of  a  Methodist  Sunday- 
school,  to  the  southern  part,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  house 
of  William  Barrett,  in  which,  from  time  to  time,  prayer- 
meetings  had  been  held.  A  class  was  then  formed  and 
Daniel  Hudson  was  chosen  as  its  leader.  At  the  leaders' 
meeting,  held  at  the  State  Street  Church,  on  July  3, 
1843,  Gardner  Landon,  Valentine  Marvin,  George 
Christie,  Nathan  Taylor,  and  William  Barrett  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  take  into  consideration  the 
propriety  of  securing  lots  in  South  Troy  and  of 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  97 

erecting  a  church  on  them.  On  December  4,  1843,  a 
resolution  was  passed  by  the  class-leaders  and  stewards 
of  the  State  Street  Church  to  pay  William  Barrett  $i5 
for  the  use  of  his  house  until  May  i ,  1 844,  for  preach- 
ing, prayer-meetings,  and  a  Sunday-school.  Another 
resolution  was  passed,  under  which  George  Christie, 
Gardner  Landon,  William  Barrett,  and  E.  S.  Brainard, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  circulate  a  subscription 
paper  for  the  purpose  of  raising  money  to  build  a 
church  in  South  Troy.  On  March  4,  1844,  William 
Barrett  and  Daniel  Hudson  stated  at  a  meeting  of  the 
class-leaders  and  stewards  of  the  State  Street  Church 
that  the  people  of  the  South  Troy  class  preferred  to 
build  a  church  themselves,  to  elect  their  own  trustees, 
to  hold  the  deeds  of  the  property,  and  to  have  no 
connection  with  the  State  Street  Church.  On  March 
29,  that  year,  George  Christie,  Joseph  Carlin,  William 
Barrett,  Daniel  Hudson,  and  Enoch  Hunt  were  elected 
trustees  of  "the  Third  Street  Methodist  Episcopal 
Society  of  the  City  of  Troy,"  three  of  them  being 
members  of  State  Street  Church.  In  October,  that 
year,  the  Sunday-school  was  organized,  with  Daniel 
Hudson  as  male  superintendent,  and  Miss  Olive  Rich- 
ards female  superintendent,  William  Barrett  secretary 
and  librarian,  and  fifteen  teachers.  In  1845,  a  lot  on 
the  northeast  corner  of  Third  and  Monroe  streets  was 
purchased  by  the  society.  The  Rev.  O.  Emerson  was 
appointed  to  the  Third  Street  Church,  in  1846.  The 
number  of  members,  probably,  did  not  exceed  thirty, 
and  that  of  the  Sunday-school  seventy-five.  It  is 


98  METHODISM   IN  TROY. 

related  that  while  the  church  was  building,  the   Rev. 
O.   Emerson    once   preached    from    the    steps  of  the 
edifice.     In  1847,  the  Rev.  E.  Noble  was  appointed  to 
the  Third  and  Congress  street  churches.    On  December 
25,  Christmas  day,  that  year,  the  church  was  dedicated 
by  the  Rev.  Charles  Pitman,  D.  D.  The  frame  building 
was  one  story  in  height.     Although,  in  1849,  the  Rev. 
A.  A.  Farr  was  appointed  to  the  Third  and  Congress 
street  churches,  the  Rev.  Lorenzo  Marshall,  then  just 
graduated   from    college,   supplied   the    pulpit   of  the 
society.     In   1850,  the  society  had  fifty  members  and 
fourteen  probationers.     That  year  the  society  became 
a  separate  charge,  and  the   Rev.   Cornelius   R.   Ford 
was   appointed   its    pastor.     In    i85i,  the   Rev.  J.  W. 
Belknap  was  appointed  to  the  Third  Street  Church  and 
Levings  Chapel,  but  in  the  following  year  was  given 
charge  of  the  Third  Street  society.     During  the  three 
years'  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  M.  A.  Senter,  1868-1870, 
the  society's  membership  was  considerably  augmented. 
The  earnest  pastor,  assisted  by  the  Troy  Praying  Band, 
inaugurated    "  a    marked     and    wide-spread    revival," 
which  resulted  in  the  conversion  of  fifty-eight  persons. 
In  1870,  Joseph  Hillman  obtained  a  gift  of  $500  to  the 
society   by  selling   certain    property   belonging   to   I. 
Townsend  Burden.     In  1873,  the  church  was  enlarged 
by  the  construction  of  a  lower  story  of  brick,  on  which 
the  wooden  structure  of  the  first  edifice  was  placed  ; 
the  society  worshipping  meanwhile  in  the  South  Troy 
Baptist  Chapel.       In   1877,  the    circumstances  of  the 
society  were  so  adverse  that  no  appointment  was  made 


THIRD   STREET   M.    E.    CHURCH. 


loo  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

to  supply  its  pulpit.  It  is  said  of  the  office  of  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday-school,  "  there  was  at  this  time 
no  man  in  the  church  who  could,  or  would,  accept  this 
office,  until  Thomas  W.  Goring,  an  Episcopalian  in 
name,  not  converted  in  heart,  who,  rather  than  see 
the  school  die,  allowed  himself  to  be  elected  superin- 
tendent of  the  school.  Not  feeling  able  to  open  the 
school  with  prayer,  he  at  first  called  upon  the  older 
sisters  of  the  church  to  pray."  It  is  further  related, 
that  had  it  not  been  "  for  him  and  the  school  "  the 
society  "  would  have  been  blotted  out."  Supplies  for 
the  pulpit  were  frequently  obtained  from  the  local 
ministry  and  occasionally  the  pastors  of  the  other  de- 
nominations would  preach  to  the  society  and  bury  the 
dead.  In  the  spring  of  1879,  the  name  of  the  church 
was  changed  to  that  of  Wesley  Chapel,  and  the 
society  united  with  that  of  the  State  Street  Church. 
In  May,  1879,  Daniel  Klock,  jr.,  succeeded  Thomas 
W.  Goring  as  superintendent  of  the  Sunday-school. 
From  1880  to  1884,  the  society  does  not  appear  by 
name  in  the  minutes  of  the  Troy  Conference,  it  being 
included  in  State  Street  Church.  In  the  spring  of 
1884,  the  society  having  been  reorganized  by  the 
zealous  efforts  of  Daniel  Klock,  jr.,  the  efficient  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday-school,  the  Rev.  E.  H.  Brown 
was  sent  by  the  conference  to  the  church.  About 
thirty  members  came  from  other  churches  and  twenty- 
one  probationers  were  added.  The  Sunday-school 
had  then  about  seventeen  officers  and  teachers  and 
seventy-five  scholars.  In  1886,  the  name  of  the 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  101 

society,  the  Third  Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Society 
was  revived,  and  that  of  Wesley  Chapel  discarded. 

Under  the  successful  management  of  its  able  super- 
intendent, Daniel  Klock,  jr.,  the  Sunday-school  at  the 
beginning  of  the  year  1888  had  224  members,  includ- 
ing officers  and  teachers ;  the  average  attendance 
being  151.  In  consequence  of  the  smallness  of  the 
Sunday-school  room,  an  enlargement  of  it  has  been 
made  recently  to  provide  better  accommodations  for 
the  increased  number  of  scholars.  The  members  of 
the  church  now  number  116. 


102  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


TRINITY    CHURCH. 

The  circumstances  attending  the  organization  of 
Trinity  Church  are  briefly  detailed  in  the  first  records 
of  the  society.  "  The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in 
Congress  Street,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  was  organized  in  the 
month  of  October,  1846,  in  the  following  manner: 
Several  persons  from  the  State  Street  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  and  the  North  Second  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  came  with  certificates  from  the  pastors 
of  those  churches  to  Rev.  Oliver  Emerson,  pastor  of 
the  Third  Street  Church,  and  wished  to  come  under 
his  care  and  to  be  formed  into  a  class  to  meet  in  Con- 
gress Street,  Ida  Hill.  They  were  received  and  a  class 
was  formed  under  the  care  of  Stephen  Monroe  and 
William  H.  Robbins."  The  members  of  this  class 
who  had  been  holding  prayer-meetings  and  worship- 
ping at  the  residence  of  Isaac  Hillman,  No.  188  Con- 
gress Street  many  years,  met  there  on  October  28* 
that  year,  and  elected  Isaac  Hillman,  Jonathan  T. 
Williams,  William  H.  Robbins,  Stephen  Monroe,  and 


TRINITY   M.    E.    CHURCH. 
(  Formerly  Congress  Street  M    E    Church 


104  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

James  N.  Austin,  trustees  of  the  "  Congress  Street 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.''  During  the  first  six 
months  of  its  existence,  the  society  had  a  rapid  growth 
and  about  fifty  persons,  converted  at  its  meetings, 
were  received  as  probationers.  In  1847,  at  the  close 
of  the  Rev.  Oliver  Emerson's  pastorate  of  the  Third 
Street  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  the  Rev.  Edward 
Noble  was  appointed  to  the  Third  Street  and  Congress 
Street  churches.  In  June,  that  year,  an  old  blacksmith- 
shop,  a  wooden  building,  on  the  south  side  of  Congress 
Street,  at  its  intersection  with  Ferry  Street,  was  recon- 
structed for  a  house  of  worship,  which  was  thereafter 
familiarly  called  the  "  Hemlock  Church,"  On  its  com- 
pletion, the  Sunday-school  of  the  society,  organized  at 
that  time, began  holding  its  sessions  in  the  new  meeting- 
house. The  small  building  proving  inadequate  for  the 
uses  of  the  congregation,  the  society  determined  to 
build  a  larger  edifice  of  brick,  and  purchased  the  site 
of  the  present  church,  on  the  north  side  of  Thirteenth 
Street,  near  its  intersection  with  Congress  Street.  This 
change  of  location  was  so  unsatisfactory  to  William  H. 
Robbins,  and  a  number  of  the  members,  that  they  with- 
drew from  the  society  and  organized  another,  which  they 
denominated  the  "  True  Wesleyan  Church,"  and  some 
time  afterward  erected  a  brick  house  of  worship  on  the 
site  of  the  Hemlock  Church.  Notwithstanding  this  seces- 
sion, the  Congress  Street  society  began  the  erection  of 
an  attractive  church.  The  structure  would  have  been 
smaller  in  its  dimensions  and  of  less  capacity,  had  not 
Isaac  Hillman,  who  assisted  in  the  measuring  of  the 


METHODISM   IN  TROY. 


I05 


foundation  lines,  added  five  more  feet  to  the  width  and 
ten  more  to  the  depth  of  the  ground  plan  than  the 
trustees  had  voted.  The  increased  expense  of  con- 
structing the  building  according  to  these  measurements 
was  paid  by  subscriptions  obtained  by  Mr.  Hillman  for 
that  purpose. 

The  organization  of  the  Congress  Street  Church  may 
be  traced  to  a  prayer-meeting  first  held  about  the  year 
1832,  and  subsequently  twice  a  week,  on  Sunday 
afternoons  and  Friday  evenings,  at  the  house  of  Isaac 
Hillman,  standing  a  short  distance  east  of  the  site  of 
the  Hemlock  Church  on  Congress  Street.  It  was 
afterward  asserted  that  more  souls  had  been  converted 
at  those  prayer-meetings  than  in  the  State  Street 
Church,  while  they  were  held.  Frequently  the  inter- 
est in  the  Sunday  afternoon  prayer-meeting  would 
become  so  great  that  they  would  be  continued  until 
late  in  the  evening.  Committees  were  several  times 
appointed  by  the  Official  Board  of  the  State  Street 
Church  to  take  charge  of  the  prayer-meetings  on  Sun- 
day afternoons  in  order  to  have  them  close  before  the 
evening  services  began  at  the  church.  It  is  related 
that  the  members  of  these  committees  would  become 
so  interested  and  blessed  themselves  while  attending 
them  that  they  would  forget  to  discharge  the  duty 
imposed  upon  them  of  closing  the  meetings  at  the  time 
designated,  Finally  William  W.  Whipple,  a  self- 
possessed  and  very  orderly  man,  a  member  of  the 
Official  Board,  was  selected  and  instructed  to  have  the 
prayer- meeting  closed  before  the  evening  services  at 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  vyj 

the  church,  He  returned  from  his  mission  convinced 
that  much  good  was  accomplished  by  the  prayer- 
meeting  held  on  Sunday  afternoon,  and  said  to  the 
members  of  the  Official  Board  that  "  they  must  be 
careful  how  they  put  their  hands  on  that  prayer- 
meeting,  because  more  souls  were  converted  there 
than  in  the  whole  church  beside."  In  fact  those  prayer- 
meetings  were  great  feeders  to  the  church. 

ISAAC    HILLMAN    SAVED    AT    SEA. 

A  most  striking  and  memorable  incident  I  may 
here  relate  to  illustrate  the  value  and  importance  of 
prayer,  and  the  Friday  night  prayer-meetings.  About 
the  year  1836,  Isaac  Hillman,  the  writer's  father, 
intending  to  go  on  business  to  New  Orleans,  before 
starting  on  so  long  and  perilous  a  journey,  as  it  was  in 
those  days,  requested  that  prayers  might  be  offered 
in  the  meetings  for  his  health  and  safe  return.  They 
were  promised  him,  as  were  the  prayers  of  the  pastor, 
the  Rev.  Truman  Seymour.  He  took  passage  at 
New  York  in  the  ship  Lewis  Cass.  Shortly  after 
getting  out  at  sea,  a  severe  gale  was  encountered 
which  continued  with  great  violence  for  nine  days. 
When  off  the  Bahama  Islands,  in  a  most  dangerous  part 
of  the  Atlantic,  the  captain  of  the  vessel  perceiving  that 
the  ship  could  not  much  longer  be  kept  from  going  to 
pieces,  gave  up  all  hope  of  saving  the  vessel,  and  ordered 
the  passengers  to  be  prepared  for  the  small  boats. 
Speaking  of  his  feelings  at  that  time,  Mr.  Hillman  after- 
ward remarked,  "  I  looked  out  upon  the  tumultuous 
waves  which  madly  tossed  the  unmanageable  ship  this 


io8  METHODISM   IN   TROY 

way  and  that  way,  and  said  to  myself,  '  Well,  the  sea  will 
be  my  grave  ;  thank  God  I  am  ready  ! '  But  just  then 
the  thought  occurred  to  me,  '  Why,  to-night  is  Friday 
night,  and  there  is  a  prayer-meeting  at  my  house,  and 
the  brethren  are  praying  for  me.'  I  went  down  into 
the  cabin,  and  instead  of  preparing  to  leave  the  ship  as 
I  had  been  ordered,  I  fell  on  my  knees  and  began  to 
pray.  It  was  not  long  before  I  saw  with  the  eyes  of 
faith  the  sails  filled  with  the  wind  from  off  the  islands, 
and  the  imperiled  vessel  sailing  away  from  the  danger- 
ous banks  upon  which  we  had  been  driving.  I 
hastened  on  deck  and  crying  out  with  a  raised  voice  to 
attract  the  attention  of  the  officers,  crew,  and  passen- 
gers, I  exclaimed,  '  To-night  is  Friday  night,  and  there 
is  a  prayer-meeting  now  holding  at  my  house,  a 
number  of  people  are  praying  for  me,  and  we  shall  be 
saved.'  So  confident  was  I  of  our  safety  that  I  went 
down  into  the  cabin  again  and  fell  asleep.  Near 
midnight  the  captain  came  down  and  calling  me,  said, 
'  Mr.  Hillman,  wake  up,  we  are  all  safe.'  Sure  enough 
the  wind  had  veered  and  the  vessel  had  barely  escaped 
shipwreck.  I  arose  and  went  on  deck  and  found  the 
rejoicing  passengers  had  been  invited  by  the  delighted 
captain  to  partake  of  some  refreshments  in  honor  of  the 
safety  of  the  ship  and  all  on  board.  Filled  with  deep 
gratitude  to  God  for  his  great  goodness,  I  said  to  the 
assembled  officers  and  passengers,  '  Let  us  first  return 
thanks  to  the  Great  Ruler  for  his  delivering  us  from 
the  dangers  which  have  threatened  us.'  Not  only  did 
the  captain  but  all  the  officers,  some  of  whom  had  been 


ISAAC   HILLMAN. 


no  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

exceedingly  profane  during  the  early  part  of  the 
voyage,  kneel  with  the  rest  of  us  while  I  offered  to  God 
our  hearty  thanks  for  his  merciful  dealings  with  us." 

The  corner-stone  of  the  present  brick  church  was 
laid  in  October,  1848.  The  building  was  dedicated  on 
July  12,  1849,  by  the  Rev.  Bishop  L.  L.  Hamline,  of 
Ohio,  who  was  assisted  by  the  Rev.  Bishop  Elijah 
Hedding.  The  pews  in  the  church  were  free,  and 
since  its  erection  no  rentals  for  sittings  have  been 
imposed  or  collected.  The  whole  cost  of  the  site, 
building,  and  furniture,  was  $6,199.84.  The  new  church 
was  indebted  to  Isaac  Hillman  and  his  sister  Elizabeth, 
and  also  to  Alvin  Williams,  who,  together  paid  about 
one- half  of  the  entire  cost.  The  society  had  then  one 
hundred  and  nine  members  and  forty-two  probationers. 
That  year  Alvin  Williams,  Joseph  Hillman,  Gardner 
Howland,  George  Christie,  and  A.  D.  Wilcox,  became 
members  of  the  society,  giving  it  not  only  a  strong 
financial  support,  but  also  the  advantages  of  their 
religious  experiences.  In  1850,  the  society  became  an 
independent  organization  and  that  year  the  Troy  Con- 
ference gave  it  the  Rev.  A.  A.  Farr,  as  pastor.  In 
1853,  a  well-appointed  parsonage  was  erected  on  the 
west  side  of  the  church  at  an  expenditure  of  $2,876.48. 

The  church  was  enlarged  in  1860,  giving  it  sittings 
for  two  hundred  more  people.  The  building  was  then 
rededicated  by  the  Rev.  Bishop  Matthew  Simpson. 
Two  years  later,  the  Sunday-school  rooms  were 
enlarged  at  a  cost  of  $600.  The  expenses  were  met 
by  the  profits  of  an  excursion  from  Troy  to  Saratoga 


METHODISM  IN   TROY.  in 

Springs,  projected  and  arranged  by  the  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday-school,  Joseph  Hillman.  There  were 
three  trains,  each  composed  of  eighteen  cars.  The  total 
receipts  were  about  $2,200  and  the  expenses  $1,400. 
The  Rev.  Bishop  Simpson  delivered  an  address.  A 
company  of  singers  from  New  York,  the  Tremaine 
family,  gave  a  concert,  and  Dods worth's  Band  from 
New  York  City,  and  Doring's  from  Troy,  furnished  the 
instrumental  music.  In  1880,  the  church  was  renovated 
and  enlarged  and  attractively  improved  in  appearance 
by  the  addition  of  corner  towers  and  other  architect- 
ural features,  at  a  cost  of  $14,084.94.  The  building 
was  rededicated  December  28,  1880. 

From  the  society  of  this  church  have  gone  forth  to 
preach  the  Gospel  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  such 
eminent  and  worthy  ministers  as  the  Revs.  Henry  S. 
White,  Fred.  Widmer,  John  Pilkinton,  Robert  G. 
Adams,  David  B.  Clark,  H.  C.  Farrar,  J.  Wesley  Heath, 
E.  H.  Dutcher,  and  E.  Orville  Howland.  The  present 
membership  of  the  church  is  482. 


H2  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


GRACE  (VAIL  AVENUE)  CHURCH. 

In  1843  there  was  a  Methodist  Sunday-school 
conducted  in  the  northern  part  of  the  city  of  which 
Daniel  Hudson  was  superintendent.  In  later  years 
its  sessions  were  held  in  the  district  school-house  in 
the  tenth  ward,  in  Turner's  Lane,  now  Glen  Avenue. 
On  March  15,  1852,  a  number  of  Methodists,  worship- 
ping in  the  school-house,  elected  there  Titus  Eddy, 
Oliver  Boutwell,  George  Smith,  Samuel  G.  Sargeant, 
E.  R.  Swasey,  and  Sylvester  Cooper,  trustees  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  North  Troy.  In  1853, 
the  society,  then  known  as  the  Batestown  Mission, 
and  that  of  Green  Island,  had  the  Rev.  John  L.  Cook 
as  pastor.  In  1854,  Reuben  Gregg  was  appointed  to 
the  Green  Island  and  North  Troy  Mission ;  the  two 
places  reporting  forty-six  members.  On  May  15,  that 
year,  the  name  of  the  society  was  changed  to  that  of 
the  North  Troy  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  In 
1858,  the  present  church  was  erected,  and  on  Decem- 
ber 10,  that  year,  it  was  dedicated.  In  1867,  the 
society  took  the  name  of  the  Vail  Avenue  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  and  on  Monday  evening,  April  2, 
1888,  it  was  changed  to  Grace  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  of  Troy,  N.  Y.  The  present  number  of  mem- 
bers of  the  society  is  506. 


GRACE  (  VAIL  AVENUE  )  M.  E.  CHURCH. 


II4  MKTHODISM    IN   TROY. 


FIRST    GERMAN    CHURCH. 


Although  Troy  had  from  a  very  early  date  not  a  few 
German  inhabitants,  it  was  not  until  1855  that  an 
effort  was  made  to  form  a  religious  society,  composed 
exclusively  of  German  people.  At  that  time  it  was 
estimated  that  there  were  no  less  than  2500  Germans 
in  the  city.  The  first  German  minister,  who  undertook 
to  form  a  German  society  of  a  religious  denomination 
in  Troy,  was  the  Rev.  Mr.  Swartz,  the  pastor  of  the 
German  Methodist  Church  in  Albany,  who  in  1856 
began  to  conduct  religious  services  in  a  building  on 
the  northwest  corner  of  First  and  Ferry  streets. 
Some  months  later,  the  Rev.  F.  W.  Dinger  of  the 
New  York  Conference  continued  these  services  in 
the  True  Wesleyan  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  on 
the  south  side  of  Congress  Street,  at  its  intersection 
with  Ferry  Street.  In  that  building,  the  First  German 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Troy  was  organized, 
on  July  25,  1867.  On  that  day,  the  first  quarterly 
conference,  presided  over  by  the  Rev.  John  Sauter, 


Rfl£* ' fff^ffe,^ Y.  •''  ^  "     '  *^— -^-     i*.      "  ""-_  -.—  '-.  C. 


GERMAN    M.    E.    CHURCH. 


Ii6  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

presiding  elder,  was  held  in  the  church.  The  follow- 
ing- lay  members  attended  the  meeting :  William 
Wackar,  Christian  Schaible,  Henry  Mabeus,  John 
Eppele,  and  Albert  Fischer.  On  August  16,  i858, 
Wendell  Hess  was  licensed  as  a  class  leader  and  an 
exhorter,  which  positions  he  still  holds.  The  Sunday- 
school  was  organized  on  April  20,  i856;  William 
Mackar  being  elected  superintendent ;  the  school 
having  four  teachers  and  eleven  scholars.  The  society 
was  incorporated  March  31,  i85g,  the  articles  being 
witnessed  by  Henry  Lahann,  Cooper  Hart,  Albert 
Fischer,  and  Godlove  Xander,  and  sworn  to  before 
Joseph  Hillman,  commissioner  of  deeds.  Shortly 
afterward  the  society  purchased  two  lots  on  the  north- 
west corner  of  Union  and  State  streets  for  $1,500. 
The  buildings  on  the  lots  were  destroyed  in  the  great 
fire  of  May  10,  1862.  The  society  having  received 
through  the  action  of  conference,  $1,800  from  the  sale 
of  the  German  Methodist  Church  property  in  Albany, 
was  enabled  to  undertake  the  erection  of  the  present 
house  of  worship  on  State  Street.  The  brick  church 
was  dedicated  on  March  25,  1863,  with  appropriate 
services.  The  indebtedness  of  the  society  was  paid 
in  1872,  by  the  proceeds  of  a  fair,  which  realized 
Si, 200,  and  $800  was  obtained  by  Mrs.  Joseph  Hillman 
from  personal  friends.  In  token  of  their  appreciation 
of  her  generous  efforts,  the  officers  of  the  church 
presented  to  Mrs.  Hillman  at  the  church  on  Christ- 
mas day,  1872,  a  quarto  German  Bible  and  a  silver 
cake  basket.  The  society  received  support  from 


METHODISM  IN  TROY.  117 

the  East  German  Conference,  until  1868,  when  it 
became  self-sustaining.  On  May  2,  1868,  the  East 
German  Conference  held  its  annual  session  in  the 
church ;  Bishop  Scott  presiding.  At  this  meeting  of 
the  conference,  the  present  pastor  of  the  church,  the 
Rev.  William  H.  Kurth  was  ordained  an  elder.  The 
church  has  had  two  local  preachers  ;  the  Rev.  Henry 
Groner,  who  resigned  in  1878,  and  the  Rev.  Frederick 
Beiermeister,  who  was  licensed  in  1884.  The  present 
membership  of  the  church  is  141. 


u8  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


AFRICAN    ZION    CHURCH. 


The  origin  of  the  African  Zion  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  is  traceable  to  a  class  connected  with  the 
State  Street  Church,  called  "the  colored  class,"  which 
was  led  in  1830,  by  John  Dungy,  an  intelligent  and  pious 
man  of  African  descent,  who  in  1831  became  the  pastor 
of  the  small  congregation  of  colored  people,  which  that 
year  was  known  as  the  African  Methodist  Church  of 
Troy.  In  1832  the  society  took  the  name  of  the 
Wesleyan  Methodist  Episcopal  Zion  Church  of  Troy. 
A  small  wooden  dwelling,  on  Fifth  Street,  north  of 
Liberty  Street,  was  fitted  for  a  house  of  worship  for 
the  congregation.  In  1841,  the  society  purchased  a 
lot  and  building  on  Fifth  Street,  and  altered  the 
structure  into  a  church.  On  February  23,  1842, 
William  Meads,  Jacob  Brown,  Lewis  Butler,  Littleton 
Becket,  and  Lewis  Jones  were  elected  trustees  of  the 
Wesleyan  Methodist  Zion  Church  of  the  city  of  Troy. 
The  property  was  sold  about  the  year  1863.  In  the 
spring  of  1864,  George  Bristol  purchased  for  the 


A.    M.    E.    ZION    CHURCH. 


izo  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

congregation,  the  property  on  the  east  side  of  Seventh 

Street,  between  State  Street  and  Broadway,  the  title 

) 

of  which  was  afterward  conveyed  to  Joseph  Hillman, 
Reuben  Peckham,  and  Adam  C.  Fellows  as  trustees. 
On  the  resignation  of  A.  C.  Fellows,  H.  Clay  Bascom, 
was  elected  his  successor,  and  he  in  turn  was  succeed- 
ed by  Henry  C.  Curtis.  On  the  death  of  Reuben 
Peckham,  Edward  O.  House  was  appointed  to  fill  his 
place.  On  the  brown  stone  tablet  in  the  front  wall  of 
the  brick  building,  in  which  the  congregation  worships, 
is  inscribed :  A.  M.  E.  Zion  Church,  organized,  A.  D., 
1832,  erected  A.  D.,  i865.  The  present  membership 
is  79. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


PROGRESS    AND    GROWTH. 


The  progress  of  Methodism  in  Troy  can  evidently 
be  seen  in  the  number  of  persons  who  from  time  to 
time  represented  the  membership  of  the  society  or 
societies.  During  the  first  thirty  years  of  the  century, 
from  1800  to  1830,  the  increase  of  the  membership 
was  1623.  per  cent.,  while  the  increase  of  the  popula- 
tion of  the  place  was  only  963  per  cent.;  showing  that 
that  of  the  church  was  660  per  cent,  greater  than  that 
of  the  village  and  city;  for  in  1816  Troy  became  a 
city.  From  1830  to  1860  the  increase  of  the  society 
membership  was  284  per  cent,  while  the  population  of 
the  city  increased  340  per  cent,  indicating  that  the 
growth  of  the  church  did  not  equal  that  of  the  city. 
There  were  many  reasons  for  this  noticeable  difference 
of  growth.  The  most  adverse  as  regards  the  pros-' 
perity  of  the  society,  during  the  second  period  were 
the  personal  disagreements,  disputes,  and  delinquen- 
cies of  certain  members  which  led  to  church  trials  and 
arbitrations.  The  withdrawal  of  a  prominent  family 


122  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

from  the  State  Street  society,  if  I  may  particularize, 
occasioned  no  little  ill-feeling  and  had  for  a  time  a 
harmful  effect  upon  the  membership  of  the  church. 
One  of  the  brightest  and  most  popular  young  men 
of  the  church  was,  in  1838  and  1839,  paying  his 
addresses  to  one  of  the  daughters  of  a  leading  officer 
of  the  church.  From  some  source  the  latter  obtained 
the  information,  which  was  false,  that  the  young  man 
was  wild  and  unworthy  of  his  daughter's  society,  where- 
upon her  father  informed  him  that  he  could  not  permit 
him  to  visit  his  house.  Notwithstanding  this  prohi- 
bition, the  pertinacious  suitor  found  opportunities  ol 
seeing  the  young  lady  at  other  places.  Learning  this, 
her  father  said,  "  Daughter,  I  hear  that  you  and  your 
admirer  still  continue  to  meet  each  other."  She  replied, 
"  Yes,  we  do  father."  Then  said  he,  "  You  must  leave 
my  house  ;  I  disown  you  from  this  time  forth."  The 
young  woman,  it  is  related,  put  on  her  bonnet  and 
shawl  and  started  to  go  to  the  house  of  her  sister.  On 
her  way  thither,  she  called  on  her  lover  and  told  him 
what  had  happened.  He  was  then  a  clerk.  He 
went  with  her  to  the  house  of  her  sister,  sent  for  the 
Rev.  Stephen  Remington,  and  was  there  married  to 
her.  One  of  the  sons-in-law  made  the  remark  that 
if  he  were  in  her  father's  place  he  would  horsewhip 
the  minister  who  had  performed  the  marriage  service. 
This  led  to  a  church  trial,  and  the  son-in-law  was 
expelled  from  the  society.  He  appealed  from  the 
decision  of  the  committee  to  the  Quarterly  Confer- 
ence, which  confirmed  the  action  of  the  committee. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  123 

The  society  became  so  extremely  partisan  that  when 
her  uncle,  who  had  taken  offence,  resigned  the  office 
of  trustee,  in  June,  1839,  the  members  elected  the 
young  man  in  his  place.  Considering  that  he  was  not 
rightfully  elected,  he  would  not  consent  to  accept  the 
office.  Not  only  did  the  uncle  and  his  wife  withdraw 
from  the  church,  but  also  the  girl's  father  and  mother. 
The  girl's  sister  remained  a  member  of  the  society 
until  the  day  of  her  death,  a  few  years  ago.  The  young 
couple  afterward  removed  to  Cincinnati  and  there 
the  young  man  became  a  wealthy  merchant.  It  was 
at  his  residence  that  the  Rev.  Noah  Levings,  D.  D., 
died  on  January  9,  1849. 

THE    SLAVERY    QUESTION. 

I  may  here  refer  to  the  change  of  opinion  regarding 
the  social  status  of  such  colored  people  as  were  slaves, 
to  show  the  advanced  views  taken  of  it  by  some  of  the 
members  of  the  State  Street  society.  At  a  meeting  of 
the  Quarterly  Conference  held  at  the  church,  March 
23,  1841,  Gardner  Landon  offered  the  following 
preamble  and  resolutions  : 

"  Whereas  we  are  taught  by  our  holy  religion  that 
God  has  made  of  one  blood  all  nations  of  men  for  to 
dwell  on  the  face  of  the  earth,  and  that  He  is  no 
respecter  of  persons,  but  in  every  nation  he  that 
feareth  Him  and  worketh  righteousness  is  accepted 
with  Him,  and 

"  Whereas,  every  person  who  is  in  good  and  regular 
standing  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  is  entitled 
to  all  the  privileges  and  immunities  of  said  church,  and 


124  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

"  Wliereas  the  late  General  Conference,  the  repre- 
sentative head  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in 
these  United  States,  did  pass  a  resolution  to  this  effect, 
that  it  is  inexpedient  and  unjustifiable  to  admit  any 
colored  person  to  testify  against  any  white  person  in 
church  trials  in  any  of  the  states  where  the  laws  forbid 
them  to  testify  in  court  of  law,  and  have  thereby 
deprived  many  of  the  members  of  said  church  of  their 
Christian  rights  and  duties,  is  at  variance  with  the 
word  of  God,  inasmuch  as  it  makes  the  church  a 
respecter  of  persons,  therefore,  resolved  : 

"  First.  That  we  sympathize  with  those  members 
who  are  deprived  by  said  resolution  of  one  of  their 
dearest  rights. 

"  Second.  That  we  cannot,  as  official  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  subscribe  to  the  doctrine  in 
said  resolution  without  doingf  violence  to  our  conscience. 

O 

"  Third.  That  this  Quarterly  Conference  Meeting 
petition  the  Troy  Annual  Conference,  at  their  next 
session,  to  take  the  resolution  referred  to  in  the 
preamble  into  their  serious  consideration,  and  use  all 
the  influence  they  possess  as  Methodist  ministers  to 
have  said  resolution  rescinded  at  the  next  session  of 
the  General  Conference." 

There  was  a  marked  hesitation  shown  by  the 
members  of  the  Quarterly  Conference  in  acting  upon 
the  proposed  resolutions,  and  it  was  not  until  February, 
1842,  that  the  first  resolution  was  amended  and 
adopted  in  this  form  :  "  Resolved  that  we  sympathize 
with  them  in  their  present  circumstances." 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  125 

The  Rev.  Merritt  Bates,  while  pastor  ot  the  North 
Second  Street  Church,  during  the  years  1842-1843, 
preached  a  number  of  sermons  in  which  he  advanced 
some  extreme  views  regarding  the  rights  of  slaves. 
The  official  board  of  the  society,  desiring  to  preserve 
the  peace  and  unity  of  the  church,  requested  him  to  be 
silent  on  the  subject  which  was  causing  no  little  discord 
among  the  members,  but  he,  with  conscious  rectitude, 
did  not  concede  to  the  board  the  right  of  commanding 
him  in  the  pulpit.  His  strong  utterances  respecting 
slavery  caused  a  charge  of  misconduct  to  be  brought 
against  him,  in  the  Troy  Conference.  The  charge,  how- 
ever, was  not,  well  sustained,  and  he  was  appointed  to 
Rensselaerville,  in  Albany  county,  in  1844.  He  soon 
afterward  withdrew  from  the  Troy  Conference  and 
severed  his  connection  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church.  With  a  number  of  the  dissatisfied  members  of 
the  North  Second  Street  Church,  and  some  from  the 
other  Methodist  churches  in  the  city,  he  formed,  in 
1844.  a  society  which  took  the  name  of  the  True 
Wesleyan  Methodist  Church  of  Troy.  The  society  for 
several  years  worshipped  in  a  wooden  building  on  the 
south  side  of  Federal  Street,  between  River  and  North 
Second  streets,  and  then  ceased  to  exist,  most  of  its 
members  returning  to  the  Methodist  societies  to  which 

o 

they  had  previously  belonged.  His  return  to  the  Troy 
Conference,  the  manner  of  which  was  alike  honorable 
to  the  conference  and  to  himself,  occurred  in  i85o. 
"  For  the  following  thirteen  years  in  which  he  again 
fought  '  in  the  lines/  he  showed  the  tempered  zeal  of  a 


126  METHODISM  IN   TROY. 

veteran,  cheerfully  accepting  the  full  share  of  sacrifices 
incident  to  the  itinerancy,  and  never  shirking  the  part 
of  danger." 

The  question  of  the  rights  ol  slaves  and  slave- 
holders connected  with  the  Methodist  Church,  which 
had  caused  for  a  number  of  years  not  only  acri- 
monious debate  and  no  end  of  discussion  in  the 
different  church  societies,  in  the  city  and  the  church  at 
large,  led,  in  1846,10  that  territorial  partisanship  which 
divided  die  Methodist  church  north  and  south.  The 
question  had  its  effect  upon  the  growth  of  the  church, 
in  this  city,  and  its  membership  was  no  doubt  lessened 
by  the  controversies  caused  by  it,  during  the  second 
period  now  under  review. 

THE    DOCTRINE    OF    HOLINESS. 

I  may  also  cite  as  another  cause  of  the  retarded 
growth  of  the  church,  in  the  second  period,  the 
changed  view  taken  by  people  of  the  Wesleyan 
doctrine  of  holiness,  one  of  the  fundamental  doctrines 
of  the  church.  It  came  to  be  very  unpopular  and  the 
preachers  very  seldom  made  it  the  subject  of  their 
sermons.  Some  of  the  younger  preachers  went  so  far 
as  to  declare  that  "  Wesley  was  bosh."  The  decline 
of  religious  life  in  the  State  Street  Church  was  such 
that  the  leaders,  at  their  meeting  in  October,  1837, 
resolved  :  "  In  view  of  the  present  state  of  religion  in 
our  church  and  the  importance  of  promoting  holiness 
of  heart  and  life  among  our  members,  and  also  of 
laboring  for  the  conversion  of  sinners,  that  it  is  expe- 
dient and  is  now  the  special  duty  of  the  class-leaders 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  127 

to  visit  each  member  of  their  respective  classes  and 
converse  closely  with  them  on  the  state  of  their  souls, 
and  to  inquire  into  the  state  of  religion  and  religious 
duty  in  their  families,  and  to  press  upon  them  the  duty 
of  punctual  attendance  on  public  worship,  or  prayer 
and  class-meetings,  and  of  interesting  themselves  in 
the  work  of  God."  The  Rev.  John  Clark,  when 
presiding  elder  of  the  Troy  district,  in  1847,  preached 
a  sermon  in  the  State  Street  Church  in  which  there 
was  so  much  false  doctrine  respecting  holiness,  as 
taught  by  the  church,  that  the  Rev.  Jesse  T.  Peck  and 
the  Rev.  Sanford  Washburn  arraigned  him  before  the 

CJ» 

conference  in  Troy,  in  1848,  which  received  from  him 
a  promise  not  to  preach  again  as  he  had  upon  the 
subject,  whereupon  his  character  passed.  The  seed 
sown  by  him  in  the  State  Street  Church  soon  germi- 
nated, and  the  fruit  was  shortly  afterward  visible,  for 
when  anyone  spoke  at  the  social  meetings,  love-feasts, 
and  the  prayer-meetings,  giving  their  experience  of 
full  sanctification,  some  opponent  of  the  doctrine  would 
arise  and  declare,  "  I  never  had  any  such  experience 
when  God  converted  me.  He  did  it  well,  and  I  have 
no  need  to  have  it  done  over  again,"  and  such  like 
expressions,  so  that  such  criticisms  became  very 
annoying  to  those  who  had  experienced  the  blessings 
of  perfect  love.  This  was  another  thing  which  greatly 
influenced  such  members  of  the  State  Street  society  as 
Alvin  Williams,  Gardner  Howland,  George  Bristol, 
George  Christie,  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  Hillman,  and  also 
others  from  the  North  Second  Street  Church,  to  under- 


128  METHODISM    IN    TROY. 

take  the  erection  of  the  Congress  Street,  now  Trinity 
Church. 

THE    GREATEST    REVIVAL    IN    TROY. 

During  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  James  Covel,  jr., 
in  1844-45,  at  State  Street  Church,  there  was  one  of 
the  most  extensive  revivals  that  was  ever  conducted  in 
Troy.  The  meetings  were  largely  attended  ;  all  the 
available  standing  space  in  the  room  was  occupied  ; 
and  the  Rev.  John  Newland  Maffitt,  one  of  the  most 
eloquent  preachers  ever  occupying  that  pulpit  or  that 
of  any  other  church,  delivered  nightly  many  impressive 
and  edifying  discourses.  The  Rev.  James  Covel,  jr., 
became  incapacitated  by  sickness,  and  the  Rev.  John 
W.  Lindsay,  then  a  young  man  recently  graduated 
from  a  theological  seminary,  was  engaged  to  take 
charge  of  the  society.  It  is  estimated  that  between 
four  and  five  hundred  persons  were  converted  and  that 
nearly  three  hundred  of  them  became  members  of  the 
State  Street  Church.  The  writer  possesses  the  names 
of  the  latter,  and  a  record  of  all  those  persons  who 
were  received  into  full  connection,  the  number  being 
one  hundred  and  twenty-three.  The  others  were  either 
dropped,  or  they  changed  their  place  of  residence,  or 
died.  This  loss  was  not  a  consequence  of  any  incom- 
plete work  of  the  revival.  Among  other  causes  was 
the  change  of  pastors  of  the  church,  for  it  is  a  fact 
that  a  church  loses  more  than  fifty  per  cent,  of  its 
probationers,  as  is  shown  by  data  covering  a  period  of 
fifteen  years,  ending  January  i,  1874,  drawn  from  the 
records  of  the  Troy  Conference. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  129 

Another  cause  for  the  loss,  after  the  revival  of  1846, 
lies  in  the  fact  that  Mr.  Maffitt  did  not  make  any  effort 
to  increase  the  higher  life  in  the  membership  of  the 
church.  His  converts  were  enlisted  only  in  such  work 
as  secured  the  conversion  of  worldly  persons,  and  his 
individual  efforts  were  only  directed  to  converting 
sinners  outside  of  Zion.  He  was  one  of  the  best 
revival  managers  in  that  line  I  ever  knew.  It  was  with 
him  that  I  obtained  my  first  lessons  in  revival  tactics. 
There  were  five  persons,  including  myself,  who  became 
responsible  for  the  payment  of  the  money  to  be  given 
for  his  services  :  Valentine  Marvin,  Reuben  Peckham, 
Alvin  Williams,  Isaac  Hillman,  and  myself.  We  paid 
him  $100  weekly  for  a  period  of  eight  weeks,  and  $50 
weekly  for  a  second  period  of  four  weeks,  making  a 
total  of  $1,000  for  his  twelve  weeks'  work.  However, 
the  returns  of  lectures  delivered  by  him  reduced  the 
amount  so  much  that  our  assessment  was  only  twenty- 
three  dollars  each. 

I  may  be  pardoned  if  I  here  present  a  paragraph 
from  his  lecture  on  "  Woman,"  to  show  the  style  of  this 
famous  preacher's  rhetoric.  He  said  in  reference  to 
women  :  "  Fairer  than  the  virgin  rose,  beautiful  as  an 
angel  of  light,  she  came  forth  from  the  hand  of  the 
Divine  Architect  and  burst  with  a  glorious  brightness 
upon  the  ravished  vision  of  man." 

Not  a  few  persons  have  attempted  to  imitate  him  in 
his  revival  work,  but  they  have  been  less  successful. 
We  should  study  to  improve  ourselves,  in  order  to  be 
successful  in  revival  work,  and  to  adopt  all  proper 


130  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

methods  which  will  insure  success,  but  it  is  not  well  to 
lay  aside  one's  own  individuality  and  to  be  servile 
imitators  of  others.  It  is  not  best  to  put  on  clothes 
which  are  too  large  or  too  small  for  us. 

In  1832,  the  African  Methodist  Church  was  organ- 
ized, and  most  of  the  colored- people  members  of  the 
Methodist  societies  in  the  city  joined  that  religious 
body. 

On  the  organization  of  the  German  Methodist 
Church,  in  i856,  many  German  members  of  the  other 
Methodist  societies  withdrew  from  them  to  unite  with 
the  German  society. 

THE    THIRD    PERIOD. 

During  the  third  period  of  twenty-seven  years,  from 
1860  to  1887,  the  ratio  of  the  increase  of  the  member- 
ship of  the  Troy  societies  greatly  exceeded  the  ratio 
of  the  increase  of  the  population  of  the  city,  the 
augmentation  of  membership  being  99  per  cent,  and 
that  of  the  population  only  65  per  cent,  being  34  per 
cent,  in  favor  of  the  church.  This  noticeable  growth, 
I  think,  was  caused  in  the  main  by  the  general  return 
to  and  recognition  of  the  Wesleyan  doctrine  of  holiness 
by  the  church.  Nearly  all  the  preachers  now  teach  it, 
and  make  it  the  subject  of  their  sermons  as  much  as 
they  do  justification.  The  population  of  Troy,  from 
1800  to  1887,  increased  5.416  per  cent.  The  Meth- 
odist churches  in  the  city  increased  9.216  per  cent., 
showing  that  the  membership  of  the  societies  increased 
3.800  per  cent,  more  than  the  population  during  the 
period  of  87  years. 


METHODISM   IN  TROY.  131 

I  may  here  briefly  mention  some  of  the  changes 
made  in  the  manner  of  holding  camp-meetings,  which 
have  annually  brought  many  converts  into  membership 
with  the  different  Methodist  churches  in  the  city.  For 
many  years  the  members  of  the  various  Methodist 
societies  have  devotedly  attended  these  out-door 
services.  At  their  termination,  each  of  the  churches 
began  to  hold  camp-meeting  love-feasts  or  camp- 
meeting  prayer-meetings,  as  they  were  called,  which 
often  marked  the  beginning  of  a  glorious  revival 
season,  extending  sometimes  through  the  fall  and 
winter  months. 

A  half  century  ago  it  was  not  unusual  for  each 
church  to  be  represented  at  a  camp  meeting  by 
as  many  people  as  would  need  the  use  of  ten  or 
more  tents  ;  a  family  tent  being  twelve  by  fifteen 
feet  in  dimensions  ;  and  a  society  tent,  in  which 
prayer-meetings  were  held,  being  still  more  spacious. 
Sometimes  several  families  occupied  the  same  tent. 
Its  furniture  embraced  only  such  conveniences  as 
were  absolutely  demanded  by  the  occupants.  The 
ridge-pole  was  supported  by  two  end  poles  and  a 
central  one.  A  curtain  hanging  between  the  center 
and  rear  pole  separated  the  sleeping  places  of  the 
two  sexes,  which  divisions  were  further  secluded  by 
another  curtain  suspended  across  the  middle  of  the 
tent.  A  wide  board  was  so  placed  between  the  front 
and  middle  pole,  that  by  means  of  supporting  pegs 
beneath  the  grooves  at  the  ends  touching  the  poles,  it 
could  serve  as  a  table  for  the  daily  meals,  or  when 


132  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

pushed  higher,  it  could  be  used  as  a  shelf.  There  was 
spread  -upon  the  floor  of  the  sleeping  sections  an 
abundance  of  rye  straw,  on  which  bed  ticks  filled  with 
straw,  were  placed  together  with  such  sheets,  covers, 
and  pillows,  as  were  necessary  for  the  comfortable 
repose,  at  night,  of  the  inmates,  who,  on  retiring,  hung 
their  ofarments  across  the  cords  on  which  the  curtains 

o 

were  suspended. 

As  most  of  the  food  had  been  cooked  at  home,  the 
culinary  duties  demanded  but  little  time,  and  com- 
monly they  only  included  the  boiling  of  coffee  and 
brewing  of  tea,  at  the  small  fires  built  at  the  rear  of 
the  tent.  Trunks,  boxes,  and  packages,  were  usually 
stowed  in  the  front  division  of  the  tent.  The  laws  of 
the  camp  required  that  at  each  tent  a  bucket  filled  with 
water  should  always  be  in  readiness  for  immediate  use 
in  case  of  accidental  fires  happening.  A  light  was  also 
to  be  kept  burning  in  each  tent  during  the  night.  The 
entire  enclosure  within  the  circle  of  tents  around  the 
preaching-stand  was  considered  specially  consecrated, 
for  the  time,  to  the  service  of  God. 

At  the  sound  of  a  horn  announcing  the  beginning 
of  public  worship,  all  persons  on  the  grounds  not 
necessarily  detained  in  the  care  of  their  tents,  were 
required  to  attend  it,  the  men  and  boys  sitting 
apart  from  the  women  and  girls.  During  the  services 
no  person  was  permitted  to  stand  on  the  seats,  or  to 
walk  about  the  ground  within  the  circle  of  tents. 
All  public  services  ceased  at  ten  o'clock  at  night,  and 
the  people  remaining  on  the  grounds  were  then  to 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  133 

retire  to  their  tents.  The  first  services  of  the  day 
began  about  six  o'clock,  a  morning  prayer-meeting 
being  held,  either  at  the  stand  or  in  one  or  more 
of  the  church  tents.  At  nine  o'clock  there  was  a 
love  -  feast,  and  at  ten  preaching,  and  then  a  short 
prayer -meeting.  At  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon, 
another  sermon  was  preached,  after  which  followed  a 
prayer-meeting.  At  night  the  services  began  at  seven 
o'clock,  when  a  third  discourse  was  delivered.  The 
services  of  the  day  then  terminated  with  a  prayer- 
meeting,  usually  at  which  there  was  much  spiritual 
good  accomplished  by  the  earnest  exhortations  of  the 
preachers  and  zealous  laymen,  whose  earnest  suppli- 
cations at  the  throne  of  grace  led  many  sinners  to  seek 
salvation  and  to  obtain  peace.  The  ministers  conduct- 
ing the  camp-meetings  were  among  the  best  of  those 
having  charges  in  Troy  and  in  the  neighboring 
places. 

The  first  camp -meeting  held  in  the  present 
bounds  of  the  Troy  Conference,  was  the  memorable 
one  at  Stillwater,  in  June,  1805.  It  continued  four 
days.  The  only  Methodist  bishops  then  in  America, 
the  Rev.  Francis  Asbury  and  the  Rev.  Richard 
Whatcoat,  took  part  in  conducting  its  services.  The 
presence  and  preaching  of  many  Methodist  ministers 
from  Canada,  Vermont,  Massachusetts,  Connecticut, 
New  York,  New  Jersey,  and  other  parts  of  the 
country,  gave  it  an  importance  among  the  people  of 
the  Upper  Hudson  valley,  which  made  it  famous  for 
many  years  thereafter.  At  its  close  the  conference  at 


134  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

Ashgrove  began  its  sessions.  Since  that  time 
hundreds  of  camp-meetings  have  been  held  at 
different  places  now  embraced  in  the  districts  of  the 
Troy  Conference.  In  the  vicinity  of  Troy,  those  held 
in  the  towns  of  Watervliet,  Clifton  Park,  Hoosick, 
Schaghticoke,  Petersburgh,Grafton,Poestenkill,  Bruns- 
wick, Sandlake,  and  elsewhere,  were  largely  attended 
by  the  members  of  the  Methodist  churches  in  the 
city.  In  1850,  and  for  a  number  of  years  there- 
after, union  camp-meetings  of  the  churches  in  the 
Albany,  Troy,  and  Saratoga  districts,  were  held  in 
Fitzgerald's  Woods,  on  the  line  of  the  Rensselaer  and 
Saratoga  Railroad,  two  miles  south  of  Mechanicville. 
At  one  of  the  camp-meetings  held  there,  the  plan 
of  having  boarding-tents  on  the  grounds  to  accom- 
modate the  people  attending  the  meeting,  was  first 
adopted.  In  1854,  when  no  little  alarm  was  caused  by 
the  prevalence  of  cholera  in  Troy,  Albany,  and  other 
places,  many  persons  considered  the  holding  of  a 
camp-meeting  that  summer  not  only  unadvisable  but 
dangerous  to  those  who  should  congregate  in  the 
woods.  The  writer's  father,  Isaac  Hillman,  earnestly 
advocated  the  spiritual  as  well  as  the  physical  benefits 
of  such  a  meeting.  One  was  held,  which  was  well 
attended,  and  without  any  evidence  of  illness  among 
the  people  collected  on  the  grounds. 

The  manner  of  holding  camp-meetings,  as  followed 
by  the  early  Methodists  in  this  part  of  the  country, 
in  time  became  objectionable  to  many  of  the  best 
members  of  the  city  churches  and  plans  began  to 


METHODISM    IN    TROY.  135 

be  discussed  respecting  the  feasibility  of  conducting 
them  in  more  acceptable  ways. 

Shortly  after  the  camp-meeting  held  at  Sandlake, 
in  August,  1867,  the  first  steps  were  taken  to  purchase 
land  for  a  permanent  site  for  a  camp-meeting  easily 
accessible  to  the  people  of  Troy  and  the  neighboring 
cities  and  villages,  as  well  as  those  of  the  surrounding 
country.  A  visit  made  by  the  writer  to  Martha's  Vin- 
yard,  in  the  summer  of  1867,  so  deeply  impressed  him 
with  the  attractive  features  and  noticeable  conven- 
iences of  the  camp-meeting  grounds  there,  that  he,  on 
his  return  to  Troy,  undertook  to  interest  a  number  of 
the  prominent  laymen  of  the  Methodist  churches  in  the 
city,  in  forming  an  association  to  purchase  an  eligible 
site  for  a  camp-meeting,  and  to  provide  suitable  accom- 
modations, for  the  people  attending  the  religious  serv- 
ices held  there.  Fortunately  his  efforts  were  crowned 
with  success,  and  the  enterprise  inaugurated  by  the 
passage  of  an  act  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of 
New  York,  constituting  him  and  his  associates  the  first 
trustees  of  the  Round  Lake  Camp-meeting  Associa- 
tion of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  the  Troy 
Conference.  On  May  4,  1868,  Joseph  Hillman  was 
elected  president  of  the  association,  Charles  W. 
Pierce,  vice-president,  Edgar  O.  Howland,  secretary, 
and  George  Bristol,  treasurer.  About  forty  acres  of 
land,  lying  on  the  west  side  of  Round  Lake,  in  Sara- 
toga County,  nineteen  miles  north  of  Troy,  were 
purchased  by  the  association.  The  spacious  wood 
that  bordered  the  Rensselaer  and  Saratoga  Railroad 


136  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

was  soon  made  sufficiently  inviting,  with  different  con- 
veniences and  improvements,  to  hold  the  first  camp- 
meeting  there,  beginning  on  Tuesday,  September  i, 
1868,  and  continuing  ten  days.  On  Sunday,  Sep- 
tember 6,  about  eight  thousand  people  were  on  the 
grounds.  During  the  meeting  more  than  fifty  ministers 
were  present,  and  at  which  thirty  discourses  were 
delivered.  The  success  of  this  enterprise,  and  the 
subsequent  meetings  held  on  the  Round  Lake  Camp- 
meeting  grounds,  are  elsewhere  adverted  to  in  this 
work. 

THE    TROY    PRAYING    BAND. 

Two  years  prior  to  the  beginning  of  the  period  now 
under  consideration,  the  Troy  Praying  Band  was 
organized  by  a  number  of  men  of  acknowledged  piety, 
who  were  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  several  churches 
of  which  they  were  active  members,  and  most  of  whom 
individually  enjoyed  the  blessing  of  holiness.  They 
were  not  fanatical  and  did  not  make  holiness  a  hobby. 
Justification  by  faith  as  well  as  sanctification  was  held 
by  them  as  a  leading  doctrine.  Several  were  men  of 
wealth  and  of  large  business  interests,  who  willingly 
sacrificed  their  time  and  income  for  the  cause  of 
Christ  and  the  church.  Their  connection,  and  that  of 
the  subsequent  members,  with  the  organization,  was 
evidently  by  the  direction  of  God,  for  through  their 
instrumentality  more  than  13,000  souls  were  led  to 
follow  Christ,  and  more  than  that  number  were  either 
sanctified  or  quickened  into  new  life  in  our  church.  At 
least  5,000  more  persons,  converted  by  their  efforts, 


TROY   PRAYING   BAND,    1859. 

(I'LATE     I.) 

I.  Joseph  Hillman,  Leader;  2.  George  Bristol,  Secretary;  3.  Thomas 
Barker,  4.  Jacob  Travis,  5.  Lyman  Bennett,  6.  Gardner  Hovvland,  Presi<U-nf; 
7.  Alexander  McPherson,  8.  Rev.  II.  C.  Farrar,  9.  Rev.  George  A.  Hall, 
10.  Rev.  G.  H.  Gregory,  u.  William  Harris. — (See  Plate  2.) 


TROY   PRAYING   BAND,    1859. 

(PLATE   2.) 

I.  John  C.  Bates,  2.  John  Usher  sr.,  3.  G.  W.  Merchant  (Troy),  4.  R. 
Quackenbush,  5.  G.  W.  Merchant  (Albany),  6.  Bloomfield  Usher,  7.  Robert 
Coburn,  8.  John  Usher,  jr.,  9.  Thomas  Carlin,  10.  \V.  L.  Smith,  II.  Rev.  P. 
R.  Hawxhurst,  12.  Rev.  E.  S.  Osbon.— (See  Plate  i.) 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  139 

have  joined  other  Christian  denominations,  making  a 
grand  total  of  30,000  which  have  thus  been  converted, 
sanctified,  or  spiritually  quickened.  To  God  be  all  the 
glory  ! 

The  following  were  among  the  oldest  members  of 
the  Troy  Praying  Band  :  Joseph  Hillman,  Gardner 
Howland,  George  Bristol,  John  C.  Bates,  and  Alex- 
ander McPherson,  of  Congress  Street  Church  ;  A.  D. 
Wilcox,  and  George  F.  Moore,  of  State  Street  Church; 
Lyman  Bennett,  and  E.  D.  Waldron,  of  North  Second 
Street ;  Sylvester  Cooper,  of  North  Troy  Church  ;  R. 
Quackenbush,  of  Third  Street  Church  ;  Thomas  Carlin, 
and  William  Harris,  of  Levings  Chapel ;  Thomas 
Barker,  of  Ohio  Street  Church,  West  Troy ;  H.  C. 
Farrar,  George  A.  Hall,  P.  R.  Hawxhurst,  E.  S.  Osbon, 
J.  W.  Heath,  and  G.  H.  Gregory,  of  the  Troy  Uni- 
versity; Robert  Coburn,  James  H.  Earl,  and  E.  B.  Van 
Cott,  of  Albany ;  Lavaldin  Hull,  Hazen  W.  Bennett, 
and  Sanford  Smith,  of  Fort  Edward  ;  John  Usher,  jr., 
and  D.  C.  Holman,  of  Glen's  Falls ;  Jacob  Travis,  of 
Cohoes ;  A.  Viele,  of  Saratoga  Springs  ;  M.  Alverson 
Senter,  of  Troy ;  E.  O.  Howland,  and  Bloomfield 
Usher,  of  Mechanicville. 

The  band  has  conducted  revival  meetings  in  all  the 
Methodist  churches  in  Troy.  Since  the  year  1859, 
forty  works  of  grace,  in  the  city,  have  been  marked  by 
the  presence  and  prayers  of  the  band.  Of  the 
meeting  held  in  the  State  Street  Church  on  February 
22,  1869,  the  Troy  Daily  Times  thus  spoke  :  "This 
band  [the  Troy  Praying  Band]  of  Christian  brothers 


I40  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

and  earnest  workers  in  the  cause  of  religion  con- 
ducted the  services  at  the  State  Street  Methodist 
Church  last  evening-,  in  the  presence  of  a  full  and 
deeply  impressed  congregation.  Mr.  Hillman  led 
the  services  *  *  and  made  one  of  the  most 

impressive,  really  we  ought  to  say,  wonderful  exhor- 
tations we  ever  heard  at  a  religious  revival.  It 
was  eloquent,  stirring,  emotional,  and  seemed  to 
place  every  one  present  in  the  audience  under  a 
strong  conviction  of  sinfulness  and  of  the  need 
of  repentance.  About  thirty  persons  went  forward  in 
response  to  Mr.  Hillman 's  earnest  invitation." 

In  the  month  of  February,  1874,  the  members 
of  the  band  took  part  in  conducting  a  revival  at 
the  North  Second  Street  Church,  where  there 
was  a  great  awakening  of  sinners  and  a  blessed 
work  of  grace.  Of  the  meeting  on  the  evening 
of  February  8,  the  Troy  Daily  Times  said  :  "  Last 
evening  as  early  as  7  o'clock  the  church  was 
filled  to  crowding  with  hundreds  standing  in  the 
galleries  and  in  the  aisles  down  stairs.  The  altar 
was  crowded  with  penitents.  Over  thirty  went 
forward  for  prayer.  The  singing  of  the  band  was 
magnificent,  and  the  meeting  was  one  of  the 
most  fervent  and  interesting  that  was  ever  held  in 
Troy.  *  *  There  is  a  magnetic  influence  in  the 

zealous  and  impassioned  working  of  the  Praying  Band 
that  is  powerful  for  good.  Seldom  has  such  wonderful 
feeling  been  manifested  in  a  church  in  this  city  as  that 
at  the  North  Second  Street  Church,  last  evening." 


METHODISM   IN  TROY.  143 

Revival  meetings  were ,  held  at  the  State  Street 
Methodist  Church  in  the  early  part  of  March,  1888. 
At  the  close  of  the  meetings  the  Troy  Daily  Times  made 
the  following  mention  of  the  work  of  the  band  :  "  The 

o 

Troy  Praying  Band,  Joseph  Hillman  leader,  concluded 
a  successful  series  of  meetings  at  the  State  Street 
Methodist  Church,  last  evening  [Sunday,  March  n]. 
The  meetings  were  held  for  two  weeks,  and  more 
than  one  hundred  persons  were  converted.  The 
meetings  were  largely  attended,  and  great  interest  was 
awakened." 

During  the  past  twenty-nine  years  the  band  has 
assisted  in  conducting  two  revivals  at  the  State 
Street  Church,  two  at  the  North  Second  Street 
Church,  thirteen  at  the  Congress  Street  (Trinity) 
Church,  seven  at  the  Vail  Avenue  Church,  five  at 
Levings  Chapel,  six  at  the  Third  Street  Church,  and 
five  at  the  Albia  (Pawling  Avenue)  Church.  These 
churches  were  remarkably  blessed  at  those  times 
with  great  outpourings  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  many 
persons  became  members  of  them  after  their  conver- 
sion at  the  meetings  conducted  by  the  members  of  the 
band.  The  earnest  prayers  and  impressive  singing  of 
the  band  drew  to  the  meetings  large  crowds  of  eager 
and  attentive  people,  and  at  none  of  them  were 
evidences  of  disorderly  conduct  and  wildness  seen 
or  known  to  destroy  or  lessen  the  serious  feeling  per- 
vading the  audiences.  It  is  true  that  sometimes 

o 

opposition  has  been  felt  by  the  band,  but  knowing 
that  little  good  is  ever  done  without  it,  the  members 


144 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


of  the  band  gave  no  thought  to  the  antagonism,  which 
was  temporary,  and  injudiciously  displayed. 

One  of  the  bishops  of  the  church  said  "  that  there 
was  never  any  good  thing  which  had  not  opposers." 
A  kite  must  be  blown  against  to  ascend  to  any  height, 
and  also  have  a  tail  of  some  weight  to  keep  it  steady 
and  upright. 

The  Troy  Praying  Band  was  ostensibly  organized  to 
help  the  ministry  ;  all  its  members  have  been  loyal  to 
the  pastors  of  our  churches,  for  they  have  believed  in 
an  efficient  ministry.  The  laity  had  for  years  been 
throwing  off  their  individual  responsibility  upon  the 
preachers,  and  they,  being  willing,  attempted  to  draw 
the  burdens  imposed  upon  them.  However,  they 
soon  found  the  loads  too  heavy,  and  from  physical 
weakness  they  were  compelled  to  release  themselves 
from  them.  For  proof  of  this,  look  at  the  list  of  our 
superannuated  and  supernumerary  ministers  on  the 
conference  records.  The  work  of  the  band  has  been, 
and  still  is,  to  rally  the  laity  to  the  help  of  the  min- 
isters, and  God  has  wonderfully  blessed  the  efforts 
of  its  members. 

In  order  to  show  what  has  further  been  accomplished 
by  the  band  it  will  be  necessary  to  allude  briefly  to 
its  labors  outside  the  city,  for  the  work  of  the  organi- 
zation has  had  a  reflex  influence  on  Troy. 

ROUND    LAKE    CAMP-MEETING    ASSOCIATION. 

The  leader  and  seven  members  of  the  Troy  Praying 
Band  were  instrumental  in  forming  the  Round  Lake 
Camp-meeting  Association,  and  were  named  among  the 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  147 

first  corporators  of  it.  The  leader  generously  advanced 
the  money  to  inaugurate  the  enterprise.  The  largest 
and  most  important  camp-meetings  ever  held  in  the 
United  States  were  conducted  at  Round  Lake.  The 
leader  of  the  band,  Joseph  Hillman,  then  president  of 
the  Round  Lake  Camp-meeting  Association,  and  its 
treasurer,  George  Bristol,  by  order  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  the  association,  visited  Manheim,  Pa», 
where  the  National  Holiness  Camp-meeting  Associa- 
tion was  conducting  its  annual  meeting,  under  the 
superintendence  of  the  Rev.  John  S.  Inskip,  the  presi- 
dent of  the  association,  and  there  made  arrangements 

o 

for  the  association  to  hold  its  next  meeting  at  Round 

o 

Lake,  in  the  month  of  July,  1869.  The  National  Holi- 
ness Camp-meeting  at  Round  Lake  that  year,  was  the 
largest  ever  held  there.  On  one  day  more  than 
thirteen  hundred  teams  were  admitted.  The  price  of 
admission  for  each  team  was  twenty -five  cents.  It 
was  carefully  estimated  that  20,000  persons  were 
present  on  the  grounds  on  that  Sunday.  There  were 
five  preaching  places  where  services  were  conducted 
at  the  same  time.  This  meeting  greatly  benefited 
Methodism  in  Troy.  A  large  number  of  Methodist 
people  from  the  city  had  tents  on  the  ground. 
Although  there  was  considerable  disapprobation  mani- 
fested toward  the  doctrine  of  holiness,  as  it  was  taught 
by  the  National  Association,  yet  it  was  wholly  Wes- 
leyan  and  accorded  with  that  set  forth  by  the  church, 
and  therefore  could  not  be  gainsaid.  This  clear 
•enunciation  of  the  old  doctrine  was  hailed  with  delight 


»4»  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

by  those  who  had  always  been  sound  in  the  faith  of 
the  fathers  of  the  church,  while  those  who  had  ignored 
it  either  accepted  it  or  withdrew  from  the  church,  so 
that  the  Troy  ministry  and  laity  are  to-day  of  one 
belief  regarding  the  doctrine,  and  whether  they  enjoy 
the  blessing  of  sanctification  or  not,  they  are  still 
sound  in  the  faith. 

The  writer  has  always  opposed  the  holding  of  special 
meetings  for  holiness,  believing  that  all  the  religious 
meetings  of  the  church  are  for  justification  and  sancti- 
fication. Respecting  the  benefits  of  holiness  meetings 
at  Round  Lake,  I  think  the  National  Association 
accomplished  great  good  by  bringing  the  church  back 
to  the  old  grounds  of  belief  from  which  it  had  been 
drifting. 

GREAT    FRATERNAL    CAMP- MEETING. 

The  great  Fraternal  Camp-meeting  held  at  Round 
Lake  in  1874,  was  projected  in  the  mind  of  the  writer 
while  holding  a  conversation  with  the  Rev.  T.  M. 
Eddy,  D.  D.,  at  the  Union  Depot,  in  Troy.  The 
conception  and  success  of  this  notable  meeting  is  thus 
described  in  the  "History  of  Round  Lake,"  by  A.  J. 
VVeise,  of  Troy : 

"The  leaven  of  its  wonderful  influence  permeated 
the  great  body  of  the  Methodist  Church  in  the  United 
States  and  widely  quickened  the  growth  of  good  will 
among  the  ministers  and  laity  of  its  different  branches. 
It  noticeably  brought  into  closer  relations  the  interests 
of  the  two  divisions  of  the  church,  North  and  South, 
that  had  so  long  been  separated  by  political  differences 


METHODISM   IN  TROY.  149 

respecting  slavery  and  the  bitter  feeling  caused  by  the 
Civil  War. 

"  Fortunately,  in  the  spring  of  1874,  the  project  of 
holding  a  fraternal  camp-meeting  at  Round  Lake,  to 
which  the  bishops,  ministers,  and  laymen  of  the 
different  branches  of  the  church  should  be  invited, 
occurred  to  the  liberal-minded  and  indefatigable 
president  of  the  association,  Joseph  Hillman.  He 
disclosed  his  conception  of  the  benefits  of  the  meeting 
to  the  Rev.  Bishop  Simpson  in  Philadelphia,  who, 
besides  approving  the  project,  advised  him  to  consult 
with  the  Rev.  Bishop  Janes,  residing  in  New  York 
City,  who  had  been  elected  to  his  bishopric  by  the 
votes  of  the  representatives  from  the  Southern  States. 
Bishop  Janes  at  once  expressed  his  willingness  to 
co-operate  with  the  officers  of  the  association  in 
securing  the  desired  attendance  of  those  to  be  invited 
to  the  proposed  meeting.  He  thereupon  wrote  the 
invitation,  signed  by  the  presiding  elders  of  the  Troy 
Conference,  setting  forth  the  high  purpose  of  the 
meeting,  and  the  letter  of  acceptance  to  which  so  many 
of  the  bishops  willingly  subscribed  their  names,  and 
also  the  paper  bearing  the  signatures  of  the  large 
number  of  representative  men  of  the  church  who 
signified  their  intention  of  being  present.  Taking  with 
him  the  invitation  of  the  presiding  elders  of  the  Troy 
Conference,  the  two  other  papers,  and  a  letter  of  intro- 
duction written  by  the  Rev.  Bishop  Janes,  the  earnest 
president  of  the  Round  Lake  Camp-meeting  Associ- 
ation, visited  Louisville,  Ky.,  where,  in  May,  1874,  the 


150  METHODISM  IN  TROY. 

General  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Church  South 
was  in  session.  The  incidents  of  the  different  inter- 
views which  he  held  with  the  officers  of  the  conference 
and  other  representatives  of  the  church,  and  their 
interrogations,  made  his  mission  one  of  extreme 
delicacy  and  prudent  action.  The  success  of  his  efforts 
besides  being  agreeably  disclosed  in  the  published 
acceptances  of  the  invitations  given  them,  was  later 
more  gratifyingly  expressed  in  the  presence  of  the 
large  body  of  bishops,  eminent  ministers,  and  prom- 
inent laymen  of  the  Methodist  Church  South  at  the 
Fraternal  meeting,  the  purpose  of  which,  as  Bishop 
Janes  wrote,  was,  '  not  to  talk  about  fraternity,  but  to 
enjoy  it ;  not  to  plan  for  it,  but  to  practice  it.' 

"  The  accommodations  for  the  comfort  and  enter- 
tainment of  the  people  attending  the  meeting,  which 
began  on  July  8th,  and  continued  fourteen  days,  were 
in  every  way  sufficient  and  satisfactory.  Eight  or  ten 
churches  had  tabernacles  in  which  to  lodge  many  of 
their  members.  The  public  boarding  tents  were 
enlarged  to  seat  at  the  tables  more  than  five  hundred 
persons  at  one  time.  Wreaths  of  evergreen  were 
festooned  around  the  preacher's  stand,  and  along  the 
back  part  of  it  a  long  piece  of  canvas  displayed  the 
inscription,  '  Behold  how  good  and  how  pleasant  it  is 
for  brethren  to  dwell  together  in  unity.'  Across  some 
of  the  avenues  scriptural  texts  were  suspended.  The 
most  remarked  of  these  was  the  one,  '  I  will  say  to  the 
North,  Give  up  ;  and  to  the  South,  Keep  not  back.' 

"  Representatives  of  ten  branches  of  the  Methodist 


METHODISM   IN  TROY.  15 1 

Church  in  North  America  were  present  at  this  mem- 
orable meeting.  Bishops  Janes,  Simpson,  Foster, 
Haven,  and  Peck,  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  ; 
Bishops  Kavanaugh  and.  Doggett,  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  South  ;  Bishop  Campbell,  of  the 
African  Methodist  Episcopal  Church ;  and  Bishops 
Jones  and  Clinton,  of  the  African  Methodist  Episcopal 
Zion  Church,  all  took  prominent  parts  in  the  varied 
and  impressive  services.  During  the  fourteen  days  of 
the  meeting,  (some  of  them  rainy,)  more  than  fifty 
sermons  were  preached  by  ministers  from  different 
parts  of  the  United  States  and  Canada. 

"  On  Wednesday  evening,  July  8,  the  Rev.  Bishop 
Janes,  D.  D.,  LL.D.,  who  had  charge  of  the  meeting, 
preached  the  first  sermon,  the  subject  being  '  The 
Adaptedness  of  Christianity  to  Man's  Spiritual  Neces- 
sities,' and  the  text,  i  Cor.  i.,  30. 

"  The  hymns  '  Christian  Greeting,'  by  Mrs.  Joseph 
Hillman;  'The  Day  of  Days,'  by  the  Rev.  F.  Bottome, 
D.  D.;  'Devotion,'  by  Eleazer  A.  Peck;  and  'Christian 
Unity,'  by  the  Rev.  A.  C.  Rose,  written  for  the 
occasion,  were  sung  at  the  Thursday  morning  services. 

"  On  the  following  Sunday  it  rained.  Seventeen 
sermons  were  preached  that  day  at  different  places  on 
the  grounds. 

"  By  invitation,  Ulysses  S.  Grant,  President  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  visited  Round  Lake  on 
Wednesday,  July  i5th.  He  arrived  on  the  morning 
train  from  Saratoga  Springs,  between  nine  and  ten 
o'clock,  and  was  taken  to  the  Bishop's  cottage. 


I52  METHODISM    IN    TROY. 

Shortly  afterward  he  was  escorted  to  the  preacher's 
stand,  where  he  was  Introduced  to  the  people  congre- 
gated there  by  the  Rev.  Bishop  Janes,  and  was  received 
with  prolonged  hand-clapping.  Seated  on  the  stand, 
the  President  heard  the  sermon  preached  by  the  Rev. 
George  Douglass,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  of  Montreal,  Canada, 
on  the  Power  and  Assurance  of  the  Gospel.  After 
dining  at  one  of  the  boarding  tents  and  holding  a  short 
reception  in  front  of  the  preacher's  stand,  the  President 
departed  on  a  special  train  for  Saratoga  Springs. 

"  The  services  were  well  attended.  Often  the 
number  of  ministers  present  exceeded  a  hundred,  and 
of  the  laity  five  thousand. 

''On  Wednesday  morning,  July  226.,  this  First  Fra- 
ternal Camp-meeting  at  Round  Lake  terminated  with 
a  love- feast. 

"The  good-will  which  this  meeting  established 
between  the  two  great  bodies  of  the  Methodist  Church, 
North  and  South,  led  to  the  appointment  of  a  commis- 
sion by  their  respective  conferences  to  harmonize 
their  interests.  The  commissioners  met  at  Cape  May, 
N.  J.,  and  amicably  determined  the  adjustment  of  the 
long-existing  differences.  Bishop  Pierce,  in  a  letter  to 
the  General  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  South,  wrote  with  marked  emphasis  that  the 
Fraternal  Camp- meeting  at  Round  Lake  was  the  chief 
factor  in  settling  them. 

SECOND    FRATERNAL    MEETING. 

"  At  the  close  of  the  First  Fraternal  Camp-meeting, 
in  July,  1874.  the  presiding  elders  of  the  Troy  Con- 


METHODISM  IN  TROY. 


153 


ference  and  the  trustees  of  the  Round  Lake  Camp- 
meeting  Association  were  requested  by  the  bishops 
and  many  of  the  ministers  and  laymen  attending  the 
services  to  appoint  a  similar  meeting  to  be  held  in 
July,  1875.  The  desire  of  the  signers  of  the  request 
was  at  once  complied  with  and  a  general  invitation 
extended  to  '  the  great  family  of  Methodists  '  in  North 
America  to  a  second  fraternal  gathering  on  the 
grounds  at  the  designated  time,, 

"  The  presence  of  nine  bishops  and  the  frequent 
attendance  of  thousands  of  people  made  the  Second 
Fraternal  Camp-meeting  nearly  equal  to  the  first  one 
in  distinction.  The  first  of  the  series  of  excellent 
sermons  was  preached  on  Thursday  evening,  July  ist, 
i8;5,  by  the  Rev.  Joseph  E.  King,  D.  D.,  of  Fort 
Edward.  The  meeting  was  conducted  by  the  Rev. 
Bishop  E.  S.  Janes,  D.  D.,  of  New  York  City.  During 
its  continuance,  about  thirty-five  discourses  were 
delivered  by  ministers  representing  different  branches 
of  the  Methodist  Church  in  the  United  States  and 
Canada," 

THE    THIRD    FRATERNAL    MEETING. 

The  Third  Fraternal  Camp-meeting  was  held  on  the 
grounds  in  1876.  The  services  were  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Rev.  Bishop  E.  S.  Janes,  D.  D.  Twenty- 
eight  discourses  were  delivered  by  the  different 
ministers  attending  it.  Bishops  Janes,  Peck,  Simpson, 
Foster,  and  Wayman,  and  other  eminent  clergymen  of 
the  church  from  various  parts  of  the  country  officiated 
in  the  interesting-  serviceSo 


154  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

During  this  last  period  marking  the  growth  of 
Methodism  in  Troy,  the  enemy  of  souls  and  of  the 
church  tried  hard  to  repress  it,  by  assigning  the  failure 
of  the  Troy  University,  in  1862,  to  the  weakness  of 
the  Methodist  Church.  Although  it  was  projected  in 
the  interests  of  the  Methodist  Church,  the  great  heart 
of  the  society  never  touched  it.  It  is  true  that 
two-thirds  of  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
controlling  its  affairs,  were  Methodists,  but  one-half  of 
them  were  only  nominally  trustees  and  seldom,  if  ever, 
attended  the  meetings  of  the  board.  The  most  active 
members  of  the  board  were  certainly  those  who  were 
of  other  denominations,  or  not  members  of  any 
Christian  society.  There  was  not  anything  in  the 
charter  of  the  university  to  make  it  a  Methodist  insti- 
tution. The  Troy  University  was  organized  by  the 
friends  of  the  Charlottesville  Academy,  in  Schoharie 
County,  which  was  attended  by  more  than  one 
thousand  students.  The  Troy  University  was  designed 
to  be  a  popular  institution  for  girls  as  well  as  boys,  and 
the  charges  for  tuition  were  to  be  moderate  and  attrac- 
tive. But  after  the  school  was  inaugurated  and  the 
proposal  was  made  to  have  it  conducted  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Methodist  Church,  and  at  moderate 
tuition  rates,  the  prominent  Methodists  identified  with 
the  university,  such  as  the  Rev.  John  McClintock,  D.D., 
and  the  Rev.  R.  S.  Foster,  D.  D.,  and  other  eminent 
preachers  and  scholars  of  our  church,  expressed  the 
opinion  that  there  was  no  need  of  a  cheap  institution 
but  that  there  was  need  of  a  first-class  college. 


METHODISM  IN  TROY.  155 

It  is  sufficient  to  say  that  when  faith  with  the  scholar- 
ship holders,  for  it  was  organized  on  the  scholarship 
plan,  was  broken,  the  subscribers  refused  to  pay  their 
subscriptions  and  thereby  caused  many  law-suits  to  be 
instituted.  At  this  time  of  adversity,  the  university 
property  was  sold  on  October  25,  1862,  under  the 
foreclosure  of  a  mortgage.  The  writer  and  his  partner, 
E.  A.  Peck,  doing  an  insurance  and  real-estate  business 
in  Troy,  under  the  name  of  Peck  &  Hillman,  bid  it  in 
by  the  solicitation  of  the  Rev.  R.  S.  Foster,  D.  D., 
who  attended  the  sale,  and  was  confident  that  Daniel 
Drew,  of  New  York  City,  could  be  induced  to  buy  the 
property.  The  latter,  after  many  urgent  solicitations, 
declined  to  purchase  it,  and  the  firm  of  Peck  &  Hill- 
man, having  unprofitably  held  the  property  for  six 
weeks  with  the  expectation  that  he,  or  some  of  the 
friends  of  the  institution  would  extinguish  its  indebt- 
edness, sold  the  university  and  its  grounds,  on 
December  6,  that  year,  to  the  Rev.  Peter  Havermans, 
of  St.  Mary's  Church,  of  Troy,  for  $60,000.  No  little 
effort  was  afterward  made  by  a  few  interested  persons, 
desiring  to  escape  censure  for  their  own  indifference  in 
the  matter,  to  impute  mercenary  motives  to  the  firm  of 
Peck  &  Hillman,  in  buying  and  selling  the  property. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  an  attempt  was 
made  to  defame  the  firm  through  individual  statements, 
which  were  wholly  untrue.  The  action  of  Peck  & 
Hillman  was  then  made  a  matter  of  consideration. 
Contrary  to  expectation,  one  of  the  persons  present 
asserted  that  Joseph  Hillman  had  unselfishly  exerted 


156  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

himself  to  save  the  property  from  passing  into  the 
possession  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  and  that 
the  firm  had  subscribed  $1,000  to  purchase,  and  had 
also  promised  by  others  $8,000  more,  to  retain  the 
institution  in  the  hands  of  the  trustees.  Another 
trustee  stated  that  Joseph  Hillman,  while  his  firm  held 
the  title,  had  several  times  gone  to  New  York  with 
other  influential  men  to  persuade  Daniel  Drew  to 
purchase  the  property.  Another  further  remarked 
that  the  trustees,  instead  of  trying  to  find  evidence 
of  bad  faith  on  the  part  of  others,  that  it  was  more 
their  duty  to  explain  to  the  public  the  motives  which 
governed  them  in  permitting  the  property  to  pass  from 
their  own  possession,  when  several  members  of  the 
board  were  wealthy  men  and  were  individually  able  to 
hold  it.  Inasmuch  as  the  circumstances -attending  the 
sale  of  the  property  are  fully  detailed  in  the  statements 
published  by  the  trustees  and  others,  in  April,  1863, 
and  as  the  statements  are  hereafter  printed  in  this 
history,  it  seems  that  the  reader  will  be  satisfied  with 
the  explanations  already  given  to  show  the  interests 
of  the  Methodist  Church  in  the  Troy  University,  and 
the  causes  effecting  its  failure.  It  may  be  worthy  of 
mention  to  say  that  the  discontinuance  of  the  school 
did  not  injuriously  effect  Methodism  in  Troy,  from  the 
fact  that  it  was  never  recognized  fully  as  a  Methodist 
institution.  Several  of  the  students  graduated  were 
members  of  the  Troy  Praying  Band.  The  writer,  who 
was  then  the  leader  of  the  band,  had  all  the  graduates 
of  the  university  graduated  at  the  Wesleyan  Univer- 


METHODISM  IN  TROY.  159 

sity  at   his    own    expense,    so    the    Troy    University 
diplomas   of  graduation   were   thereby   cancelled. 

"  THE    REVIVALIST." 

In  1866,  the  year  celebrated  by  the  Methodists 
throughout  the  United  States  as  the  Centenary  of 
American  Methodism,  the  writer  projected  the  publi- 
cation of  the  popular  hymn  and  tune  book,  "  The 
Revivalist."  He  proposed  to  expend  one  thousand 
dollars  in  the  preparation  and  publication  of  the  work. 
It  was  undertaken  and  completed.  The  rapid  sale  of 
the  highly-commended  book  compelled  the  printing  of 
successive  editions,  which  numbered  in  all  about 
150,000  copies.  The  large  amount  of  money  arising 
from  this  unexpected  popularity  of  "  The  Revivalist," 
not  only  paid  the  cost  of  its  compilation  and  publi- 
cation, but,  as  proposed  by  the  writer  when  he  under- 
took its  preparation,  that  the  accruing  profits  should  be 
made  a  centenary  offering  to  be  used  for  such  denom- 
inational work  as  the  building  of  new  churches  and  the 
promotion  of  Methodist  educational  interests,  afforded 
a  sum  sufficient  to  build  a  church  and  to  repair  many 
other  churches.  The  wonderful  success  attending 
the  sale  of  this  Troy  publication  permits  here  this 
brief  mention  respecting  it.  The  opinions  of  the  press 
and  the  commendations  given  it  by  the  most  eminent 
ministers  and  revivalists  of  the  Methodist  Church  in 
the  United  States  have  made  it  extensively  known 
and  used  throughout  the  country. 

THE   WOMAN'S  FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY. 

The  Woman's  Foreign    Missionary  Society   of  the 


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Methodist  Episcopal  Church  wa^  organized  in  the 
Tremont  Street  Church,  Boston,  on  March  30,  1869. 
The  published  record  of  the  society's  work  during  the 
first  year  of  its  organization  was  presented  on  less  than 
two  pages  of  the  Heathen  Woman's  Friend,  the  organ 
of  the  society.  In  the  nineteen  years  of  its  growth, 
the  work  of  the  society  has  greatly  widened,  as  well 
as  that  of  its  auxiliaries,  and  now  an  annual  report  of 
it  covers  more  than  one  hundred  pages  of  an  octavo 
pamphlet.  In  1869,  the  receipts  of  the  society  were 
$4,546.  In  1887,  more  than  one  hundred  and  ninety 
thousand  dollars  were  placed  in  the  society's  treasury. 
Since  the  organization  of  the  society  not  less  than  one 
and  a  half  million  dollars  have  been  disbursed  by  it. 
Since  that  time  one  hundred  and  twenty-two  mission- 
aries have  been  sent  into  different  foreign  fields  by  the 
society.  In  November,  1869,  the  mother  of  the 
Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society,  the  wife  of  the 
well-known  missionary,  the  Rev.  William  Butler, 
D.  D.,  visited  Troy  and  places  in  its  vicinity,  and  was 
instrumental  in  the  organization  of  a  Union  Society, 
auxiliary  to  the  New  York  branch,  composed  of  mem- 
bers of  the  different  Methodist  churches  in  Troy. 
The  first  meeting  of  the  society  was  held  in  the  State 
Street  Church.  Mrs.  Lavia  G.  Griffin,  the  wife  of  the 
Rev.  William  Griffin,  D.  D.,  was  elected  its  president, 
and  efficiently  served  in  that  office  for  a  number  of 
years.  At  the  adjourned  session  of  the  first  annual 
meeting,  held  in  the  North  Second  Street  (now  Fifth 
Avenue)  Methodist  Church,  the  society  determined 


ORDKLIA    M.    HILI.MAN. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  163 

that  its  offerings  should  be  devoted  to  the  support  of 
Miss  Elizabeth  M.  Pultz,  who  had  previously  been  sent 
to  India  by  the  New  York  branch.  In  commem- 
oration of  this  particular  consecration  of  its  funds,  the 
young  society  with  joyful  voice  sang  the  long  meter 
doxology,  "  Praise  God,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow." 
In  1872,  the  General  Conference  gave  the  society  a 
prominent  place  among  the  accredited  institutions  of 
the  church.  In  1873,  the  Troy  Conference  also  gave 
it  recognition  as  an  institution  of  the  church. 

The  State  Street  Auxiliary  of  the  Woman's  Foreign 
Missionary  Society  was  organized  on  March  18,  1881. 
Subsequently  auxiliaries  were  formed  in  all  the  other 
Methodist  churches  in  the  city,  except  in. the  Third 
Street  Church.  The  State  Street  Auxiliary  united 
with  that  of  the  North  Second  Street  Church  in 
supporting  Miss  Minnie  Hampton,  a  missionary  in 
Japan.  Not  only  in  maintaining  missionaries  has  the 
society  taken  a  prominent  part,  but  also  in  supporting 
Bible  readers  and  orphan  girls.  The  different  auxil- 
iaries in  Troy  have  placed  in  the  society's  treasury 
about  $7,5oo.  On  June  20,  1872,  Mrs.  Ordelia  M. 
Hillman,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Hillman,  was  appointed 
assistant  corresponding  secretary  of  the  New  York 
branch,  and  has  since  that  time  served  the  society  with 
marked  ability  in  that  office,  assisted  by  efficient 
district  secretaries,  who  are  at  present  the  following  : 
Mrs.  C.  W.  Jones,  Albany,  N.  Y.;  Mrs.  H.  C.  Farrar, 
West  Troy,  N.  Y.;  Mrs.  W.  P.  Rulison,  Mechanicville, 
N.  Y.;  Mrs.  E.  A.  Braman,  South  Glen's  Falls,  N.  Y.; 


164  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

Miss  Mary  F.  Bigelow,  Keesville,  N.  Y.,  Miss  F.  A. 
Atwater,  Burlington,  Vt.;  and  Mrs.  Anthony  Walford, 
Mooers,  N.  Y. 

THE  WOMAN'S  HOME  MISSIONARY  SOCIETY 
At  the  session  of  the  Troy  Conference,  at  Gloversville, 
in  the  spring-  of  1883,  the  Troy  Conference  Woman's 
Home  Missionary  Society  was  organized  by  the 
appointment  of  Mrs.  Lucy  S.  Sawyer,  the  wife  of  the 
Rev.  J.  E.  C.  Sawyer,  as  president  of  the  society,  and 
Mrs.  E.  W.  Simpson,  corresponding  secretary.  The 
society  held  its  first  annual  meeting  in  August,  that 
year,  at  Round  Lake,  at  the  time  of  the  Troy  Confer- 
ence Camp-meeting.  The  first  auxiliary  of  the  society, 
organized  in  Troy,  was  formed  in  February,  1883, 
with  the  following  officers  :  Miss  Myra  Hudson,  pres- 
ident ;  Miss  Jennie  Pulis,  corresponding  secretary ; 
Mrs.  F.  B.  Ide,  recording  secretary  ;  and  Miss  Alice 
Van  Alstyne,  treasurer. 

In  1886,  the  society  began  the  erection  of  the 
Kent  Model  Home,  at  Greensboro,  North  Carolina, 
which  was  dedicated  May  3,  1887  ;  the  Rev.  J.  E, 
C.  Sawyer  delivering  the  dedicatory  address.  The 
Troy  Conference  Woman's  Home  Missionary 
Society  sustains  the  Kent  Model  Home,  contributes  to 
the  work  among  the  Mormons  and  emigrants,  and 
annually  sends  valuable  supplies  to  needy  missionaries 
in  the  far  West  and  other  parts  of  the  country.  On 
Mrs.  Sawyer's  declination  of  the  office,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
P.  Squires,  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  O.  J.  Squires,  of 
Lansingburgh,  was  elected  president  of  the  society  in 


LUCY   S.    SAWYKR. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  167 

1887;  Mrs.  E.  W.  Simpson  being-  re-elected  corres- 
ponding secretary.  The  other  officers  of  the  society, 
residing  in  Troy,  are  :  Mrs.  W.  H.  Rovve,  recording 
secretary  ;  and  Mrs.  C.  E.  Morey,  treasurer.  Mrs.  A. 
D.  Lyon  is  chairman  of  the  Indian  bureau. 

The  present  officers  of  the  Fifth  Avenue  (North 
Second  Street)  Church  Auxiliary  Society  are  Miss 
Mary  Davis,  president ;  Miss  Jennie  Pulis,  corre- 
sponding secretary  ;  Miss  Lillie  Gould,  recording 
secretary  ;  and  Miss  Alice  Van  Alstyne,  treasurer. 
The  work  of  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Society 
was  presented  to  the  State  Street  Church,  on  Sunday, 
July  1 8,  1886,  by  Bishop  W.  F.  Mallalieu.  Subse- 
quently the  State  Street  Auxiliary  was  organized.  Its 
present  officers  are  Mrs.  C.  E.  Morey,  president ;  Miss 
Anna  Spicer,  recording  secretary  ;  Mrs.  Joseph  Berwin, 
treasurer. 

The  following  persons  have  undertaken  the  work  of 
the  society  at  distant  points  :  Miss  Emma  L.  Clark, 
of  the  Fifth  Avenue  Church,  missionary  in  the  Indian 
Territory  ;  and  Miss  Sarah  Daley,  of  the  State  Street 
Church,  matron  of  the  Model  Home,  at  Savannah, 
Georgia. 

THE    LADIES     AID    SOCIETIES. 

The  beginnings  of  these  benevolent  organizations  in 
the  different  Methodist  churches  in  the  city  disclose  in 
their  histories  the  quickening  influences  which  awakened 
in  them  much  of  the  earnest  labor  and  Christian  fellow- 
ship marking  the  subsequent  growth  and  prosperity  of 
the  several  societies.  The  first  organized  was  the 


168  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

Female  Aid  Society  of  the  State  Street  Church,  which 
was  formed  on  February  19,  1833,  during  the  pastor- 
ship of  the  Rev.  Buel  Goodsell. 

As  briefly  expressed  in  the  report  of  the  society, 
read  at  its  twentieth  anniversary,  on  Wednesday 
evening,  January  n,  1854,  the  object  of  the  members 
was  to  assist  the  poor  of  the  State  Street  Church.  At 
that  time,  the  payment  of  twenty-five  cents  annually 
was  required  of  each  of  its  members.  The  business  of 
the  society  was  then  conducted  by  two  directors,  two 
secretaries,  a  treasurer,  and  a  board  of  managers 
which  embraced  as  many  members  as  there  were 
classes  in  the  church  ;  each  class  having  a  represent- 
ative in  the  board.  It  was  the  duty  of  each  manager 
"to  visit  the  class  assigned  her  at  least  once  a  year, 
(oftener  if  necessary,)  to  obtain  subscriptions  and 
donations,  to  learn  if  there  were  any  who  needed 
assistance,  to  render  immediate  relief  if  required,  and  to 
present  all  such  cases  at  the  meetings  of  the  society." 
The  total  receipts  of  the  society,  arising  from  the 
proceeds  of  fairs,  festivals,  concerts,  and  including 
money  obtained  for  needle-work  and  that  of  donations 
and  subscriptions,  during  the  twenty  years,  were 
$3,322.65,  and  the  total  disbursements,  $3,305.02. 

The  subsequent  prosperity  of  the  society  has  like- 
wise been  marked  and  sustained  by  the  good-will  and 
zeal  of  its  members.  The  relief  and  amelioration  of 
the  condition  of  the  poor  of  the  church  have  continued 
•  to  be  the  objects  of  the  society's  labor  and  love.  It  is 
estimated  that  no  less  than  $20,000  have  been  obtained 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


169 


and  expended  in  this  benevolent  work,  by  this  society 
in  the  State  Street  Church.  All  the  other  Methodist 
churches  in  Troy  display  the  same  activity  and  interest 
in  the  aid  societies  organized  by  the  women  connected 
with  those  churches. 

The  engraving  of  the  Officers  of  the  Methodist  Aid 
societies,  in  Troy,  presents  the  photographs  of  the 
following  ladies  associated  in  their  management : 


STATE  STREET : 
Mrs.  S.  T.  Gary, 
Mrs.  E.  O.   House, 
Mrs.  Joseph  Hillman,  - 

FIFTH  AVENUE 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Ide, 
Mrs.  Charles  Benedict, 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Van  Alstyne, 
Mrs.   H.  Graham,  - 

TRINITY  : 

Mrs.  J.  A.  McPherson, 
Mrs.  P.  L.  Dow,  - 

ALBIA  : 

Mrs.  R.   Rush, 
Mrs.   N.   A.  Wheeler, 
Mrs.  G.  C.   Hastings,  - 

LEVINGS  : 

Mrs.  M.  J.   Herriot, 
Miss  Jessie  M.  Curtis, 
Mrs.  C.  R.  Hawley, 


president, 
secretary, 
manager. 

president, 
secretary, 
treasurer, 
manager. 

president, 
manager. 

president, 

vice-president, 

secretary. 

president, 
secretary, 
manager. 


I7o  METHODISM  IN  TROY. 

GRACE  : 

Mrs.  George  E.   Blake,  president, 

Mrs.  W.  Greenwood,  secretary, 

Mrs.  J.  L.  Atwell,  manager. 

THIRD  : 

Mrs.  C.  W.   Bissell,  president, 

Miss  Jessie  L.  Warner,  secretary, 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Haller,  manager. 

ZION: 
Mrs.   S.  C.   Birchmore,  pastor's  wife. 

One  cannot  but  be  astonished  as  well  as  proud,  if 
one  be  a  Methodist,  at  the  wonderful  changes  which 
have  been  caused  bv  Methodism  in  the  one  hundred 

* 

and  fifty-nine  years,  which  have  passed,  since  the 
founders  of  the  Holy  Club,  at  Oxford,  England,  were 
derisively  called  Methodists.  They  were  five  in 
number,  and  now  the  name  designates  5,612,238 
persons  in  the  world,  and  4,322,762  in  the  United 
States.  In  1797,  ninety  years  ago,  there  were  thirteen 
Methodists  in  Troy  ;  now  there  are  more  than  28,000. 
The  dream  of  Dr.  John  Loudon,  in  1808,  in  which  he 
saw  a  great  flock  of  pigeons  descending  upon  the  site 
of  the  first  meeting-  house  in  State  Street  was,  as  it 
now  seems,  the  foreshadowing  of  the  innumerable 
blessings  which  have  come  down  from  heaven  upon 
the  mother  church  and  have  been  largely  shared  by 
her  eight  children.  In  1808,  each  of  the  other 
religious  societies  in  the  village,  the  Presbyterian. 


METHODISM    IN    TROY.  173 

Episcopal,  Baptist,  and  Friends,  had  more  members 
than  the  humble  organization  which,  that  year,  was 
legally  incorporated  by  the  name  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  of  Troy.  Now  only  one  of  the 
denominations  mentioned  is  numerically  larger  than 
the  Methodist  societies  in  Troy. 

Sixty  years  ago,  an  unpretentious  wooden  building 
was  the  only  Methodist  church  in  Troy,  now  nine 
edifices,  some  of  them  large  and  architecturally  hand 
some  ;  valued  at  not  less  than  $250,000,  are  owned  by 
the  nine  societies.  Since  Troy  was  made  a  station, 
in  1810,  one  hundred  and  sixty-six  Methodist  minis- 
ters have  served  the  different  societies  from  one  to 
three  years.  The  day  may  be  in  the  eternal  future 
when  we  shall  have  a  perfect  knowledge  of  the  number 
of  saints  in  heaven,  who,  as  men  and  women,  once 
gathered  around  the  altars  of  these  churches,  and  with 
united  voices  praised  the  name  of  Jehovah, 

"Who  moves  in  a  mysterious  way, 
His  wonders  to  perform." 

The  penitent's  tears,  the  convert's  hallelujahs,  the 
pilgrim's  prayers,  and  the  preacher's  exhortations,  will 
then,  in  the  light  proceeding  from  the  great  white 
throne  have  their  full  significance  of  salvation  received 
and  glory  attained. 


174  METHODISM   IN   TKOY. 


OFFICIAL  MEMBERS  OF  THE  STATE  STREET 
CHURCH,   1821-22. 

Rev.  Daniel  Ostrander,   Presiding  Elder. 

Rev.  Benjamin    Griffin,    Preacher  in  Charge, 

Rev.   Henry  Chase,          Local   Preacher, 

William  C.   Urena,  -         Recommended  to  conference. 

STEWARDS  : 

Stephen   Andres,  Zina   P.   Egleston, 

John  W.  Mackey,  Sterling  Armstrong, 

Asahel  Gilbert,  jr. 

TRUSTEES  : 

Charles   Lemon,  John   Wright, 

George  Smith,  James  Russell, 

Wm.  W.  Whipple. 

LEADERS. 

John   Wright,  Thomas  Archibald, 

Sterling  Armstrong,  Eli  Townsend, 

o  o 

Wm.   W.  Whipple,  Asahel   Gilbert,  jr., 

Ichabod  Wilbur,  Jacob  E.  Adams, 

Stephen  Andres,  Caleb  Curtis, 

Charles   Lemon,  Wm.   McBurney, 

A.  Milliken. 


METHODISM   IN  TROY.  175 

OFFICIAL  MEMBERS  OF  THE  STATE  STREET 
CHURCH,  1830-31. 

Rev.  John    B.  Stratton,  Preacher  in  Charge. 

Rev.  Abiathar  M.  Osbon,     -  Colleague, 
Rev.  Ebenezer  Brown,      -     Local  Elder. 
Rev.  Wm.  C.   Urena,  - 

LOCAL  PREACHERS: 
Stephen  Munroe,  Henry  Shaperson. 

EXHORTERS: 

Thomas  Archibald,  Philetus  Green, 

John  W.  White,  Henry  Whitehead. 

STEWARDS  : 

Stephen  Andres,  Peter   Bontecou, 

John  G.   Buswell,  Wm.  Tucker, 

Garnder  Landon,  Ebenezer    G.   Woolsey. 

Henry  V.  W.  Mastin. 

TRUSTEES  : 

Dennis    Belding,  Daniel    Marvin,  jr. 

Eli  Townsend,  Charles   Lane, 

Thomas   L.   Ostrom. 

LEADERS : 

Nathaniel   Coburn,  A.   J.   Skilton, 

Daniel   Marvin,  sr.,  James  Uline, 

Peter   Bontecou,  John  G.   Buswell, 

Wm.  W.  Whipple,  H.  V.  W.  Mastin,  Albia, 

Daniel   Marvin,  jr.,  Caleb   Knight,   Albia, 

Stephen  Andres,  Abraham    Filer,    Millville, 

Wm.  Tucker,  Barney  Wetherwax,   " 

Eli  Townsend,  Liberty   Hyde, 

Independence   Starks,  Valentine   Marvin, 

Wm.  C.   Urena,  Charles  Lemon. 

Jacob  E.  Adams,  Isaac  W.  Tallman, 

John  W.   White,  Wm.   Warrington, 

Thomas   L.  Ostrom,  Wm.   P.   Hall, 

Abner  Foster,  John   Dungy. 


I76  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

OFFICIAL  MEMBERS  OF  THE  STATE  STREET 
CHURCH,  1845. 

Rev.  J.   B.  Stratton,  Presiding  Elder, 

Rev.  Luman  A.  Sandford,  Preacher  in  Charge, 

Rev.  Alanson  W.  Garvin,  Colleague, 

Thomas  Archibald,   -  Local  Preacher, 

Joseph  Gatchell,  "              " 
Wm.  Saunders, 

George  Taylor,  "             " 

J.  J.  Van  Deusen,                 -  Exhorter, 

STEWARDS  : 

Reuben   Peckham,  E.  S.  Brainard, 

Peter  Bontecou,  James  Matthews, 

Nathan  Taylor,  Samuel  Cotrell, 

A.  J.  Skilton. 

TRUSTEES  : 

John  G.  Buswell,  Enoch  Hunt, 

Valentine   Marvin,  Noah  Clapp, 

Wm.   H.  Manning. 

LEADERS : 

Valentine  Marvin,  Walter  L.   Kipp, 

E.  A.   Burrows,  John  G.  Buswell, 

L.  Van  Valkenburgh,  j.  J.  Van  Deusen, 

Alvin   Williams,  John  Archibald, 

Wm.   H.   Robbins,  Wm.   H.  Manning, 

Noah  Clapp,  Wm.   Brown, 

John  Christie,  James  Carnell, 

L.    Harrison,  Alanson   D.  Wilcox 

S.  S.  Vanderlip,  Gardner  Landon, 

Jos.   Hillman,  Lyman   R.  Avery. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  177 

OFFICIAL  MEMBERS  OF  THE  STATE  STREET 
CHURCH,  1867. 

(when  the  number  of  trustees  was  increased  from  five  to  nine). 

Rev.  Wm.  Griffin,  -  -     Presiding  Elder, 

Rev.  E.  Wentworth,  -          Preacher  in  Charge, 

Rev.  Wm.  Cluett,   -  -     Local  Deacon, 

Wm.  Saunders,  "             " 

J.  J.  Van  Deusen,     -  -     Local    Preacher, 

Daniel  Marvin, 

Rev.  Truman  Seymour,        Local  Elder, 

Rev.  Stephen  Parks,  "           " 

STEWARDS  : 

Peter  Bontecou,  Geo.   B.  Cluett, 

Lyman  R.  Avery,  Ralph  Phillips, 

Gilbert  D.  Golden,  Edmund  Cluett, 

Jonas  Faulkner,  Stephen  Heimstreet, 

P.  W.  Converse. 

TRUSTEES  : 

Reuben   Peckham,  Geo.  B.  Cluett, 

Lyman  R.  Avery,  John  M.  Corliss, 

Geo.  A.  Stone,  E.  A.  Burrows, 

Charles  J.  Saxe,  P.  W.  Converse, 

S.  T.  Cary. 

LEADERS  : 

E.  A.  Burrows,  Stephen  Mallory, 

J.  W.  A.  Cluett,  S.  T.  Cary, 

Charles  J.  Saxe,  C.  M.  Estes, 

Geo.  B.  Cluett,  H.  H.  Lee, 

P.  W.  Converse,  Sylvanus  Birch, 

Lyman  R.  Avery,  C.  C.   Hill, 

S.  J.  Peabody,  Josiah  A.  Martin, 

Pvlanley  W.   Morey,  Chester  Brockway. 

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178  METHODISM    IN   TROY. 


THE  PASTOR.  TRUSTEES,  AND  STEWARDS  OF  THE 
STATE  STREET  CHURCH.  1874. 

Rev.  H.  D.  Kimball. 


TRUSTEES  : 

Lyman  R.  Avery,  P.  W.  Converse, 

Geo.  A.  Stone,  S.  T.  Gary, 

Geo.  B.  Cluett,  Edmund  Cluett, 

Reuben  Peckham,  J.  W.  A.  Cluett. 

STEWARDS  : 

Robert  Cluett,  S.  J.  Peabody, 

Jonas  Faulkner,  G.  W.  Morris, 

E.  Belden,  G.  L.  Douglass, 

M.  W.  Morey,  Octavus  Jones. 


PS 


METHODISM  IN   TROY.  181 


TRUSTEES  OF  THE  STATE  STREET  M.  E.  CHURCH 
FROM  1817  TO  1888. 

Abner  Foster,-  1817-19 

John   Loudon,  1817-20 

John  Wright,   -  1817-24 

Roger  King,  1817-20 

William  W.  Whipple,  1817-26  and  1827-28 

Charles  Lemon,  1819-21  and  1826-29 

James  Russell,  1820-21  and  1827-30 

George  Smith,  1820-22 

Dennis  Belding,  1821-24  and  1828-31 

Arthur  Milliken,  1821-27 

Elias  Disbrow,  1822-27 

William  Chambers,  1824-26 

Harvey  Betts,  1824-28 

Sterling  Armstrong  1826-27 

Levi  Rogers,  1827-28 

Enos  Randol,  -  1828-30 

Eli  Townsend,  1828-34 

Daniel  Marvin,  jr.,  1829 

Charles  Lane,  1830-33 

Thomas  L.  Ostrom,  1830  and  1833-35 

John  W.  Mackey,  -  1830-34 

Zina  P.   Egleston,  183 1-33  and  1834-36 

Isaac  W.  Tallman,  ! 833-35 

Jesse  Anthony,  1834-36 

John  G.   Buswell,  1835-47 


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Gardner  Landon,  -  1835-45  and  i85o-59 

Waters  W.  Whipple,  -  -   1836-39 

Valentine   Marvin,  1836-48 

Charles  W.  Thompson,  -    1836-42 

Noah  Clapp,  1839-44  and  1845-49 

John  F.   McLaughlin,  -  1842-45 

William  H.  Manning,  1844-50 

Enoch  Hunt,    -  -    1846-48 

*Lyman   R.  Avery,  1847-50  and  1867-71 

John  Christie,  -  -   1848-50 

*Joseph  Hillman,   -  1848-49  and  1876-88 

John  Archibald,  -    1849-52 

John  M.Corliss  1862-71-75 

Gilbert  Golden,  -   1850-69 

Isaac  W.  Crissey,  1860-52 

Elizur  S.  Brainard,  1851-67 

Eliphalet  R.  King,  1852-56 

Albert  C.  Gunnison,  1856-69 

Othniel  W.  Edson,  1858-61 

Charles  J.  Saxe,  -    1859-67 

Alanson  D.  Wilcox,  1859-62 

Reuben  Peckham,  -   1861-79 

*George  A.  Stone,  1862-76  and  1887-88 

*  Pen-in  W.  Converse,  -  -    1866-88 

George  B.  Cluett,  -  1866-75 

Edwin  A.   Burrows,      -  -   1866-68 

Sidney  T.  Cary,     -  1867-75 

J.  W.  Alfred  Cluett,    -  -   1868-76 

Stephen  Parks,  1868-72 

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*  Albert  Crampton,   •  1875-88 

Edmund  Cluett,  -  1872-78 

*George  W.  Horton,  1875-88 

E.  A.  Hartshorn,  1875-87 

*Henry   Holmes,  -   1875-88 

Octavus  Jones,    -  J  875-7 7 

*Fred.  H.  Cluett,  -    1878-88 
*Daniel  Klock,  jr.,                                       -          1879-88 


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OFFICIAL  BOARD  OF  THESTATE  STREET  CHURCH, 

1887-88. 

Rev.  J.  E.  C.  Sawyer,     -     Pastor  in  Charge, 
Rev.  William  Cluett,          -  Local   Elder, 
Emanuel  H.  Patliyan,  Exhorter. 

LEADERS : 

E.  A.  Burrows,  Mrs.  Anna  K.   House, 

S.  T.   Gary,  E.  O.  House, 

P.  W.  Converse,  Charles  E.  Morey, 

A.  C.  Fellows,  Emanuel  H.  Patliyan, 

Mrs.  Joseph   Hillman,  J.  W.  F.  Podmore. 

STEWARDS  : 

James  C.  Archibald,  Stephen   Mallory, 

Emerson  Belden,  W.   H.   Mann, 

D.  Frank  Boutecou,  C.  E.  Morey, 
J.  Crandell,  M.  W.  Morey, 

W.  H.   Hollister,  T.  W.  P.  Patterson. 

E.  O.   House,  W.  M.  Peckham, 

J.  W.  F.  Podmore. 

TRUSTEES  : 

Lyman  R.  Avery,  Joseph   Hillman, 

Fred.  H.  Cluett,  Henry   Holmes, 

P.  W.  Converse,  George  W.  Horton, 

A.  Cramptoh,  Daniel  Klock,  jr., 

George  A.  Stone. 

Daniel   Klock,  jr.,   Sunday-school  Superintendent. 


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MEMBERS  OF  THE  STATE  STREET  CHURCH, 
1887-88. 


Adams,  Mrs.  Angelina 
Agan,  Mrs.  Annie 
Alger,  Anna  R. 
Allendorph,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Almy,  George  W. 
Almy,  Mrs.  Melintha 
Anderson,  Mark  A. 
Andres,  Grace 
Andres,  John  P. 
Andres,  Mrs.  Mary 
Arakalian,  G.  A. 
Archibald,  James  C. 
Archibald,  Mrs.  Sarah  M. 
Avery,  Eva  A. 
Avery,  Frederick  W. 
Avery,  John  M. 
Avery,  Lyman  R. 
Avery,  Mrs.  Annie  S. 
Avery,  Mrs.  Henrietta  B. 
Auliffe,  William 
Ayres,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  H. 
Bailey,  Augustus 
Bailey,  Charlotte 
Bailey,  Julia 
Bailey,  Lottie 
Barber,  Mrs.  Marion 
Bardin,  A.  G. 


Barringer,  Mrs.  Mattie 
Barry,  Mabel  E. 
Barry,  Mrs.  Evangeline  E. 
Barthell,  Frederick  W. 
Barthell,  Mrs.  Annie  E. 
Belden,  Arthur 
Belden,  Emerson 
Belden,  Mrs.  Julia  A. 
Bennett,  Mrs.  Amanda 
Berwin,  Joseph 
Berwin,  Mrs.  Delia 
Biggs,  Mrs.  Priscilla 
Birch,  Julia  A. 
Bishop,  Mary  Elizabeth 
Bishop,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Blanchard,  Mrs.  Armina  P, 
Blanchard,  Viola 
Bonesteel,  Jeremiah 
Bonesteel,  Mrs.  Louisa 
Bontecou,  D.  Frank 
Bovven,  Clara  E. 
Bowen,  Mrs.  Harriet  M. 
Bowers,  Lillian  M. 
Bragg,  Aurelia  A. 
Brockway,  Cynthia 
Brown,  Stephen  John 
Bull,  Mrs.  Julia  E. 


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Bumstead,  Mrs.  Eleanor 
Burrows,  Edwin  A. 
Burtis,  Emma 
Buswell,  Mrs.  Emmeline 
Buswell,  William  H. 
Butler,  Etta 
Cady,  Henrietta 
Calkins,  Mary  E. 
Calkins,  Sarah 
Carpenter,  Julia  E. 
Carr,  Carrie  M. 
Carr,  Laura 
Cary,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Cary,  Sidney  T. 
Chase,  Alton 
Clark,  Mrs.  Melissa 
Clint,  Mrs.  Caroline 
Cluett,  Charles  F. 
Cluett,  Frances  C. 
Cluett,  Frederick  H. 
Cluett,  Mary  E. 
Cluett,  Mrs.  Fannie  B. 
Cluett,  William 
Cockburn,  Elizabeth 
Collander,  Elizabeth 
Collins,  Mrs.  Ann  M. 
Comstock,  Frederick  R. 
Comstock,  Mrs.  Adaline 
Com.;tock,  Royal  D. 
Connolly,  Kate 


Converse,  Charles  A. 
Converse,  Mrs.  Cornelia  E. 
Converse,  Perrin  W. 
Corliss,  John  M. 
Cornwell,  Ellen  J. 
Cottrell,  George  W. 
Co  wee,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Crampton,  Albert 
Crampton,  Mrs  Louisa  A. 
Crandell,  Alexander 
Crandell,  Joseph 
Crandell,  Mary  T. 
Crandell,  Mrs.  Charlotte  A. 
Craver,  Mrs.  Lucinda 
Crissey,  Isaac  W. 
Cummings,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Cushman,  Amelia 
Daboll,  George  W. 
Daboll,  Helena  Hardwick 
Daboll,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Daboll,  Wilmott  C. 
Daofdiofian,  Anedik 

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Daniels,  Alice  L. 
Daniels,  Mrs.  Kate  M. 
Daniels,  Mrs.  Libbie. 
Darling,  H.  S. 
Darnell,  William  F. 
Dater,  Elizabeth  A. 
Davis,  Carrie  N. 
Davis,  Mrs.  Jennie  E. 


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Davis,  Marco  L. 
De  Freest,  Mrs.  Eliza  C. 
De  Freest,  Mrs.  Louisa 
De  Freest,  Mrs.  Minnie  A. 
Derrick,  Henrietta  M. 
Dewey,  Mary  E. 
Diehl,  Josephine 
Disotell,  Mrs.  Mary 
Dorley,  Sarah  A. 
Doty,  Julia  R. 
Doty,  Louisa 
Doty,  Mrs.  Julia  M. 
Doughty,  Mrs.  Tillie 
Dow,  Martha  J. 
Dowsett,  Isaiah  C. 
Dowsett,  Maude 
Dowsett,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Dusenberry,  Mrs.  Alice  A. 
Dutcher,  Mrs.  Barbara 
Dutcher,  Mrs.  Phoebe  A. 
Dutcher,  Nelson  R. 
Eichols,  Emma 
Eldred,  Minnie 
Eldred,  Mrs.  Susan  M. 
Elwell,  Mrs.  Carrie. 
Fairlie,  J.  E. 
Faulkner,  Julia  A. 
Faulkner,  Mrs.  Mary 
Faulkner,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Fechs,  Mrs.  Annie 


Fellows,  A.  Clarke 

Fellows,  J.  Frank 

Fellows,  Mrs.  Anna  M. 

Felter,  Edgar  M. 

Felter,  Mahlon 

Felter,  Mrs.  Edgar  M. 

Ferguson,  Minnie  L. 

Ferrie,  Mrs.  Cynthia  S. 

Filkins,  Mrs.  Sarah  J. 

Finder,  Mrs.  Elva  A. 

Finder,  William 

Fish,  Nellie  L. 

Fisk,  Bessie 

Fisk,  E.  J. 

Fisk,  James  Y. 

Fisk,  Mary 

Fisk,  Sarah 

Fojeian,  Paul 

Foltes,  Robert  Henry 

Fox,  Ella 

Fox,  Florence  M. 

Fox,  Mrs.  Adelia 

Freeman,  Nettie 

Gillespie,  Mrs.  Mary 

Gleghorn,  Mary 

Glendenning,  Annie  E. 

Goss,  Mrs.  E.  A. 

Green,  Mrs.  Harriet 

Greenfield,  Mrs.CatharineAo 

Greenfield,  John  N. 


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Gregory,  Lottie 
Gustafson,  Agnes  E. 
Gustafson,  Anna  T.  M. 
Gustafson,  Mrs.  Anna  C. 
Gustafson,  Mrs.  Mary 
Hagadorn,  Mrs.  Sally 
Hale,  Charles  B. 
Hale,  Mrs.  Ellen  M. 
Hartshorn,  Edwin  A. 
Hartshorn,  Edwin  S. 
Hartshorn,  Jessie 
Hayford,  Mrs.  M.  L. 
Heims,  George 
Heims,  Mary 
Heimstreet,  Mrs.  Emeline 
Helmes,  Frederick  C. 
Helmes,  Mrs.  Lillie  A. 
Herbage,  Mrs.  Libbie  M. 
Herrick,  Clinton  B. 
Herrick,  Mrs.  Lillian  F. 
Herrick,  Sarah  J. 
Hicks,  Mrs.  Hannah  A. 
Hillman,  Mrs.  Ordelia  M. 
Holdridge,  Merton  A. 
Hollister,  Carrie  V. 
Hollister,  Maggie  L. 
Hollister,  Mrs.  Carrie  C. 
Hollister,  William  H. 
Holmes,  Clara  E. 
Holmes,  Henrv 


Holmes,  Lizzie  E. 
Holmes,  Mrs.  Maria  M. 
Hooper,  Mrs.  Ellen  M. 
Hooper,  Otis  F. 
Horton,  George  W. 
Horton,  Harry  G. 
Horton,  Isabella  F. 
Horton,  James  M. 
Horton,  Mrs.  Effie  W. 
Horton,  Mrs.  Catharine  E. 
Horton,  William  H. 
Hotchkin,  Delia  M. 
Hotchkin,  Nettie  M. 
House,  Edward  O. 
House,  Mrs.  Anna  K. 
Huff,  Henry 
Huff,  John 
Huff,  Mrs.  Fannie  E. 
Hulbert,  Edwin  H. 
Hulbert,  Mrs.  Kate  A. 
Hulbert,  Seymour 
Hunt,  Enoch 
Hurst,  Charles 
Hutchinson,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Huth,  Amanda 
Huth,  Mrs.  Sarah  R. 
Ingalls,  Harry  O. 
Ingalls,  Horace  B. 
Ingalls,  Mrs.  M.  E. 
Ingalls,  Oscar  F. 


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191 


Irish,  Mrs.  Emeline 
Jamison,  James 
Jejeiam,  Manorg  H. 
Jepson,  I  la.  M. 
Johnson,  Carrie  F. 
Johnson,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Johnson,  Emily  C. 
Jombarjean,  G.  M. 
Jones,  Mrs.  Angeline  M. 
Jones,  Carrie  A. 
Jones,  Ella  H. 
Jones,  Harry  B. 
Jones,  Mrs.  Carrie  E. 
Jones,  Octavous 
Jordan,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Karajian,  G.  H. 
Keith,  Harriet 
Keith,  Robert 
Kellum,  Mrs.  Gertrude 
Kendall,  Mary  E. 
Kendall,  Newell  A. 
Kendall,  Mrs.  Jennie  E. 
Kenyon,  David  R. 
Kenyon,  Mrs.  Emily 
King,  Alford  Floyd 
King,  Elizabeth  R. 
Kincr    Letitia  E. 

o 

King,  Mary  J. 
King,  Matilda  E. 
King,  Mrs.  Mary 


King,  Mrs.  Mary 
King,  Mrs.  Sarah  R. 
Kittle,  Mrs.  Evalina 
Klock,  jr.,  Daniel 
Knowlton,  Mrs.  Maria  A. 
Labrum,  Mrs.  Judith  A. 
Larkins,  Alpha 
Lee,  Charles  A. 
Lee,  Mrs.  Abbie 
Lee,  Mrs.  Eliza 
Lee,  Nathaniel 
Leet,  Charles  M. 
Leet,  Mrs.  Prudence 
Leet,  Wm.  E. 
Lewis,  Mrs.  Carrie 
Lovejoy,  Mrs.  J.  A. 
Lub,  William  A. 
Mallery,  Mrs.  Mary  J. 
Mallery,  Hattie  E. 
Mallery,  Mary  J. 
Mallory,  Stephen 
Mann,  Mrs.  Ellen  A. 
Mann,  William  H. 
Mannell,  Anna  May 
Mannell,  George 
Mannell,  Gussie  J. 
Mannell,  Mary 
Manning,  Mrs.  Susan  P. 
Martin,  Clarence  L. 
Martin,  JosiaK  A. 


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METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Martin,  Julia  A. 
Martin,  Mrs.  Cynthia  L. 
Martin,  Mrs.  Elsie  A. 
Matthews,  James 
Matthews,  Mrs.  Alice 
May,  Charles  D. 
May,  Earl  H. 
May,  Edwin  A. 
May,  Emma  J. 
May,  Libbie  B. 
May,  Mary  L. 
May,  Mrs.  Julia  A. 
McChesney,  Carrie  E. 
McKittrick,  Mrs.  Carrie 
McKittrick,  W.  H. 
McMasters,  Mrs.  Nancy  J. 
McMurray,  Charlotte  E. 
McNider,  Mary 
Mead,  William  E. 
Meeker,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Meeker,  Mrs.  Ruth  A. 
Meeker,  Mrs.  Ruth  A. 
Meeker,  William  A. 
Merrill,  Carlton  H. 
Merrill,  Mrs.  Sarah  T. 
Mesick,  Henry 
Mesick,  Mrs.  Emeline 
Michael,  Frank 
Mooney,  James  A. 
Moore,  Ella  A. 


Morand,  Emeline  M. 
Morand,  Ida  L. 
Morand,  Mrs.  Mary 
Morand,  Ulysses  G. 
Morand,  William 
Morey,  Charles  E. 
Morey,  Clara 
Morey,  George  W. 
Morey,  Manley  W. 
Morey,  Mrs.  Charlotte  A. 
Morey,  Mrs.  Susan  M. 
Mosher,  Martha  A. 
Munro,  John 
Munro,  John  C. 
Munro,  Lizzie, 
Myers,  Carrie  I. 
Myers,  Hattie 
Myers,  Maria  M. 
Myers,  Mrs.  Harriet  E* 
Myers,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Naylor,  Anna 
Naylor,  James 
Naylor,  George  W. 
Naylor,  Maud 
Naylor,  Mrs.  Emma 
Naylor,  Sarah 
Nelson,  Minnie 
Nieson,  Anna  Mary 
Nieson,  Tina 
Norton,  Ethel 


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193 


Norton,  Mrs.  Estella 
Odell,  Celia 

Osborne,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  T. 
Ostrander,  Amelia  R. 
Packard,  Chauncey  D. 
Packard,  Lillie 
Paine,  Mrs.  Sarah  G. 
Palmetier,  Catharine  E. 
Pasco,  Francis  H. 
Pasco,  Mary  Jane 
Pasco,  Mrs.  Caroline 
Pasco,  Mrs.  Robina 
Pasco,  Sarah 
Pasco,  William 
Patterson,  Mrs.  Hattie  C. 
Patterson.  Thomas  W.  P. 
Patton,  Annie 
Peabody,  Andrew 
Peabody,  Helen  E. 
Peabody,  Mrs.  Sarah  A. 
Peabody,  Samuel  J. 
Peckham,  Mrs.  Mary 
Peckham,  Phoebe 
Peckham,  William  M. 
Percey,  Effie 
Percey,  Lillie 
Petriam,  H. 
Pettis,  William 
Peyton,  Jennie  D. 
Phillips,  Mrs.  Clara 


Podmore,  Annie  G. 
Podmore,  Eva  J. 
Podmore,  Mrs.  S.  Alice 
Podmore,  James  W.  F. 
Pomeroy,  D.  W. 
Pomeroy,  Mrs.   Marion 
Popple,  Henry  A. 
Popple,  Mrs.  Lizzie  A. 
Porter,  Flora  E. 
Potliyan,  Emmanuel  H. 
Potliyan,  Jacob 
Pulsifer,  Stella 
Pulver,  Mrs.  Lottie 
Queal,  Arthur  D. 
Queal,  Mary 
Queal,  Mrs.  Alice 
Raport,  Louis 
Redfield,  Mrs.  Mary 
Rhind,  Mrs.  Susan    P. 
Rice,  Harry  L.  D. 
Rice,  Mrs.  Carrie  E. 
Richardson,  Mrs.  Cornelia 
Rilyea,  Mrs.  Hattie 
Robbins,  Mrs.  Phcebe  M. 
Rockfellow,  Lizzie 
Rockfellow,  Mrs.  Henrietta 
Rockfellow,  Rosa 
Rog-a,  Harry 
Ro^a,  Joseph  B. 
Roija,  Mrs.  Carrie 


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Rogers,  Daisy 
Rogers,  Helen  M. 
Rogers,  Lillian  F. 
Ronalds,  James 
Ronalds,  Mrs.  Clarissa 
Roome,  Christian  H. 
Rose,  Jennie  S. 
Rowley,  Mrs.  Ida 
Russell,  Harriet  A. 
Russell,  Mrs.  Harriet  H. 
Rynders,  Mrs.  Lizzie 
Rynders,  Nellie 
Sanford,  Frederick  A. 
Sawyer,  Mrs.  Alice 
Sawyer,  Mrs.  Lucy  S. 
Saxe,  James  A. 
Saxe,  John  W. 
Saxe,  Mary  E. 
Saxe,  Mrs.  Ellen  G. 
Saxe,  William  A. 
Schutt,  Annie  G. 
Schutt,  Frank  P. 
Schutt,  Mrs.  Anna  M. 
Scott,  Anna  E. 
Searles,  Mrs.  Jennie 
Searles,  Mrs.  Olive 
Searles,  William 
Seeman,  Emma 
Seymour,  Minnie 
Seymour,  Mrs.  Mary  E. 


Seymour,  Robert 
Shappo,  Mrs.  Catharine  B. 
Shaw,  Charles  H. 
Shaw,  Mary  C. 
Shaw,  Mrs.  Jennie 
Sherwood,  Cyrus 
Shires,  Mrs.  Ella 
Sivers,  Mrs.  Lina 
Snow,  Mrs.  Alice  P. 
Snow,  Samuel  O. 
Sontar,  Mrs.  Fannie 
Spaulding,  Mrs.  Clara  M. 
Spencer,  Mrs.  Lillie  A. 
Spicer,  Ann  Eliza 
Spicer,  Sarah  J. 
Staley,  Mrs.  Carrie  T. 
Starks,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Starks,  Ralph  J. 
Starks,  Ralph  E. 
Stewart,  Bessie 
Stone,  Mrs.  Mary  A. 
Stout,  Edward  L. 
Stout,  Mary  Julia 
Stout,  Mrs.  Mary  R. 
Stradling,  Mrs.  Agnes  S. 
Strait,  Horatio  N. 
Strait,  Mrs.  Emma 
Strait,  Mrs.  Louisa 
Swenson,  John 
Swenson,  Mrs.  Ophelia 


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Takakjian,  Jacob 
Tann,  Sarah  S. 
Tappan,  Mrs.  Susan  M. 
Taylor,  William 
Thompson,  Mrs.  Mary 
Titus,  Mattie  L. 
Tschumi,  Fred.  J. 
Turknett,  R.  G. 
Tyler,  Charles  H. 
Tyler,  Mrs.  Carrie  T. 
Udall,  John 
Uline,  Mrs.  Sarah  M. 
Urann,  Samuel 
Van  Buren,  Bradley 
Van  Buren,  Mrs.  Amy 


Waterbury,  Mrs.  Rose 
Waterbury,  Sherman 
Watrous,  Sarah  M. 
Weaver,  James  J. 
Westervelt,  Mrs.  Sarah  E. 
Whipple,  John  B. 
Whipple,  Henry 
Whipple,  Mrs.  Ardell  Y. 
White,  Charles  T. 
White,  George  A. 
White,  Palmer 
Whiteman,  Albert  H. 
Whyland,  Madeline 
Wilson,  Hattie 
Wilson,  Mrs.  Catharine 


Vandercook,  Zilphia  Z.    Wilson,  Mrs.  Maria  L.  Dowdell 
Van  Deusen,  Mrs.Hannah    Wilson,  Mrs.  Mary 
Van  Valkenburgh,  Effie       Wilson,  Ruth  A. 
VanValkenburgh,Mrs.Eliza  Wilson,  Thomas 


Vasey,  Arma 
Vasey,  Minnie 
Vasey,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Vasey,  Nicholas 
Vaughn,  Mrs.  Anna  J. 
Wager,  Leonard 
Wager,  Mrs.  Eliza 
Wager,  Mrs.  Frances 
Wager,  Paul 
Wait,  Lewis  H. 
Wait,  Mrs.  Mary  J. 
Waterbury,  Emerson 


Wing,  Mrs.  Nannie 
Wiston,  Mrs.  Naomi 
Woolworth,  Pamelia 
Worden,  Mrs.  Mary 
Wyman,  Jennie  E. 
Wyman,  John  D. 
Wyman,  Lottie  S. 
Wyman,  Mrs.  Emma  E. 
Young,  Carrie  A. 
Zeptner,  Maggie 
Zeptner,  Mrs.  Jane 


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STATE  STREET  M.   E.  SUNDAY  SCHOOL, 
1887-88 


OFFICERS. 


Rev.  J.   E.   C.  Sawyer, 
Daniel  Klock,  jr., 
J.  W.  F.  Podmore, 
William  H.  Mann, 
Stephen  J.  Brown, 
Stephen  Mallory, 
James  Y.  Fisk, 
Fred.  R.  Comstock, 
J.  Frank  Fellows, 
Mrs.  S.  T.  Gary, 
Mrs.  Joseph  Hillman, 
Mrs.  W.  C.  Daboll,      - 
Miss  Mary  E.  Saxe, 
Miss  Mary  T.  Crandell, 
Miss  Mary  L.  May,  - 
Miss  Clara  E.  Holmes, 


Pastor. 

Superintendent. 

Asst.  Superintendent. 

Secretary. 

Asst.  Secretary. 

Treasurer. 

Librarian. 

ist  Asst.  Librarian. 

2d  Asst.  Librarian. 

Female  Superintendent. 

Superint'd't  of  Primary  Dept. 

Asst.  Sup't  of  Primary  Dept. 

Pianist. 

Asst.  Pianist. 

Organist. 

Asst.  Organist. 


TEACHERS. 
P.  W.  Converse, 
Joseph  Crandell, 
A.  C.  Fellows, 
E.  A.  Hartshorn, 


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Fred.  C.  Helms, 
Henry  Holmes, 
E.  O.  House, 
Chas.  E.  Morey, 
J.  W.  F.  Podmore. 
Mrs.  E.  Belden, 
Mrs.  Joseph  Berwin, 
Miss  Clara  E.  Bowen, 
Mrs.  C.  M.  Clint, 
Miss  Mary  T.  Crandell, 
Miss  Martha  Dow, 
Mrs.  Mary  Y.  Fisk, 
Mrs.  Mary  K.  Gillespie, 
Mrs.  Wm.  J.  Herbage, 
Miss  Maggie  Hollister, 
Miss  Clara  E.  Holmes, 
Mrs.  E.  O.  House, 
Mrs.  W.  H.  Mann, 
Mrs.  Charles  E.  Morey, 
Miss  Clara  A.  Morey, 
Mrs.  Amelia  R.  Ostrander, 
Mrs.  Anne  G.  Podmore, 
Miss  Mary  M.  Queal, 
Miss  Mary  E.  Saxe, 
Miss  Madeline  Whyland, 
Mrs.  E.  Westervelt. 


197 


198  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


SUBSCRIPTIONS  FOR  BUILDING  THE  FIRST  METH- 
ODIST MEETING-HOUSE  IN  TROY,  JAN'Y  2,  1809. 

Eliphalet  King,  -  -                                     $150  oo 

Morris  DeCamp,  -              -                      35  oo 

Asahel  Gilbert,  -  35  oo 

David  Canfield,  -                     30  oo 

Aaron  Raymond,  -               20  oo 

Alex.  Stewart,  -             -                     20  oo 

Moses  Platt,  -             -              10  oo 

Eli  Burritt,  10  oo 

John  Boardman,  10  oo 

Andrew  Proudfit,  -                                                  10  oo 

Thos.  Hillhouse,  -                                          10  oo 

E.  Warner  &  Co.,     -  10  oo 

Corning  &  Co.,  -  -                            10  oo 

A.  &  D.  Lamoreaux,  -                     10  oo 

John  Sanders,     -  5  oo 

David  Scoby,  -                                                  5  oo 

Samuel  Whatleu,  -                              5  oo 

Phebe  Curtis,  5  oo 

Elisha  Fanning,  5  oo 

Thos.  Davis,  -             -                                    5  oo 

Albert  Pawling,  -                               5  oo 

Mr.  Fauncher,  ...                       5  oo 

Ephraim  Morgan,  -                               5  oo 

Levi    Rumsey,  5  oo 

Russell,  Tracy,  &  Co.,     -  5  oo 


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Stanley  Thompson,  -  5  oo 

Elias  F.                                           -  5  oo 

Nathaniel  Chapman,               -  5  oo 

U.  Miller,  5  oo 

Thomas  Sumer,         -  5  oo 

Hazzard,     -  5  oo 

Hugh  Peebles,           -  4  oo 

Nehemiah  Tomkins,  3  5o 

Isaac  Fowler,  jr.,  3  oo 

Henry  Vail,  3  oo 

Richard  Keeling,      -  3  oo 

Wm.  Bogardus,  -  3  oo 

Theodore  Barnard,   -  3  oo 

Ephraim  Whitaker,  3  oo 

William  McManus,  -  3  oo 

James  Sheldon,  -  3  oo 

Benjamin  Higbie,      -  3  oo 

J.  Watts,  2   50 

Andrew  Hemphill,    -  2  oo 

Jasper  M.  Vandenburgh,  2  oo 

Samuel  Swasey,          -  2  oo 

Thomas  Read,    -  2  oo 

Archibald  Weaver,  -  2  oo 

Edward  S.  Stewart,  2  oo 

Felix  Lester,  2  oo 

Platt  Titus,  2  oo 

I.  M.  Wells,  2  oo 

Elisha  Sheldon,  2  oo 

James  Adams,  2  oo 

H.  Keeling,  2  oo 


200  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

Joseph  Hues,       -  2  oo 

Charles  Richards,  -  2  oo 

John  Smith,  2  oo 

Elias  Lasell,  -  2  oo 

Alexander  Rousseau,  2  oo 

Rogers  &  Rockwell,  2  oo 

W.  Putnam,  -  2  oo 

Isaac  Ayers,  -  2  75 

William  Bell,  jr.,  2  oo 

M.  Wack,  2  oo 

Henry  Drew,  -  i  50 

Robert  Christie,  i  50 

J.  Weld,  i  50 

John  Howard,  i  oo 

Reuben   H.  Walworth,   -  i  oo 

Jesse  Cro,  i  oo 

William  Squire,  -  i  oo 

Luke  H.  Thrall,  i  oo 

John  Whitaker,  -  i  oo 

Simon  Smith,  i  oo 

Reuben  Purdy,  -  i  oo 

David  Sherman,  i  oo 

W.  Earl,  i  oo 

Samuel  West,  i  oo 

William  Kelly,  i  oo 

Levinus  Vandenbergh  i  oo 

Abijah  Fowler,-  i  oo 

P.  Huntington,  i  oo 

Elias  Howard,  i  oo 

Cornelius  Buckman,  i  oo 


METHODISM    IN   TROY.  201 

Willard  Warner,  i  oo 

George  Smith,  i  oo 

Lewis  Munn,       -  i  oo 

J.  Moulton,  i  oo 

E.  Ranney,  i  oo 

Thos.  Porter,  i  oo 

William  Rockwell,-          -  i  oo 

Thaddeus  Mead,  i  oo 

Hugh  Gragg,      -  o  87 

The  subscriptions  of  Roger  King,  Charles  Lemon, 
and  other  contributors  was  upon  another  paper 
afterward  lost. 


202  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


SUBSCRIPTIONS  FOR  THE  STATE  ST.  STONE  CHURCH 
AND  CHAPEL  AS  THEY  WERE  JANUARY,  1888. 

(Less  amounts  than  $100  subscribed  are  not  embraced  in  the  list.) 

Reuben  Peckham,                                               -  $13,100 

Charles  J.  Saxe,  and  wife,  1 1 ,950 

George  B.  Cluett,     -  6,250 

J.  W.  A.  Cluett,  6,25o 

Lyman  R.  A  very,    -  5.900 

Perrin  W.  Converse,       -              -  5, 600 

George  A.  Stone,     -             -  4o5° 

Ladies'  Aid  Society,       -  4-177 

William  Cluett,  4,000 

Joseph  Hillman,               -              -  3.95° 

John  M.  Corliss,                     -  3.900 

Ralph  J.  Starks,               •              -              -  3.250 

Lorenzo  C.  Fisk,      ....  2,725 

Fred.  H.  Cluett,               -              -              -  2,425 

Daniel  Klock,  jr.,     ....  2,300 

Samuel  J.  Peabody,                          -              -  2,300 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Manning,                         -             -  2,010 

Rev.  Stephen  Parks  and  wife,       -  1,600 

Octavous  Jones,                             -              -  1,600 

Manley  W.  Morey,  -  1,525 

Edwin  A.  Burrows,                       -              -  i,5oo 

David  Cowee  and  wife,  i,5oo 

Sidney  T.  Cary,-                            -              -  1,380 

Edwin  A.  Hartshorn,                           -              -  1.350 


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Edmund  Cluett,        -  1,300 

George  W.  Horton,  -              -                 1,300 

Albert  Crampton,     -  1,275 

Emerson  Belden,  1,275 

Henry  Holmes,        -  1,100 

Robert  Cluett,   -  1,100 

Charles  B.  Bishop,   -  1,000 

John  W.  Mackey,  1,000 

Edward  O.  House,  -                          950 

Chauncey  D.  Packard,  -                                                850 

Mrs.  Angeline  M.  Jones,       -  700 

Samuel  A.  House,  -                                              650 

Stephen  Mallory,     -  625 

Young  People's  Association,       -  609 

Elisha  Mors,  600 

Adam  C.  Fellows,  -                                              575 

Mrs.  E.  S.  Strait,      -  510 

George  Bristol,  -  500 

Sunday  School,  5oo 

Nathaniel  Lee,  -  -                                                500 

Sylvanus  Birch,  5oo 

S.  C.  Hulbert,    -  470 

E.  H.  May,  450 

J.  W.   F.  Podmore,  400 

Myron  King,  400 

W.  H.  Hollister,  -                                               360 

R.  S.  Norton,  333 

R.  Quackenbush,  310 

C.  C.  Hill,    -  -                                        300 

Joseph  Crandell,  300 


204  METHODISM  IN   TROY. 

J.  C.  Archibald,  300 

D.  F.  Bontecou,  295 

J.  N.  Greenfield,  275 

T.  W.  P.  Patterson,  260 

M.  R.  Taylor  250 

Anna  E.  Spicer,  250 

Sarah  J.  Spicer,  250 

William  H.  Mann,  210 

S.  Tappen,  200 

Dr.  Wm.  Finder,  jr.,  200 

W.  L.  Van  Alstyne,  200 

Rev.  George  W.   Brown,  200 

Isaac  Keith,  200 

Paul  Wager,       -  160 

C.  Brock  way,  i5o 

R.  Phillips,  150 

Joseph  H.  Knight,   -  150 

Alice  Queal,       -  150 

Mrs.  E.  A.  Goss,       -  140 

A.  L.  Hotchkin,  125 

L.  H.  Wait,                                                        -  125 

S.  J.  Brown,  120 

Mrs.  Alice  Sawyer,  1 1 5 

Charles  M.  Estes,  no 

George  W.  Almy,  -  no 

Robert  Nelson,  1 10 

Robert  Seymour,     -  100 

G  G.  Thompson,  100 

Henry  Davis,  100 

Mary  J.  Byers,  -  100 


METHODISM  IN  TROY.  205 

George  Bates,  100 

M.  C.  Mallory,    -  100 

Rev.  L.  Barber,  100 

Mrs.  J.  N.  Mulford,  100 

R.  B.  Caldwell,  100 

N.  S.  Vedder,  100 

Eleanor  A.  Young-,  -  100 

Charles  E.  Peabody,  100 

George  G.  Converse,  100 

VV.  M.  Peckham,  100 

Rev.  J.  E.  C.  Sawyer,  100 

C.  A.  Sherwood,  100 

C.  L.  Martin,  100 

J.  B.  Clark,                        -  100 


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CENTENARY  SUBSCRIPTIONS  TO  WESLEYAN  UNI- 
VERSITY, MlDDLETOWN,  CONN..  1866-67, 

by  which  a  Scholarship  was  vested  in  the  Trustees  of   the  STATE   STREET 
M.  E.  CHURCH,  TROY,  N.  Y. 

Erastus  Wentworth,  $100  oo 

Reuben  Peckham,  100  oo 

Joseph  Hillman,  100  oo 

William  Cluett  Family,  60  oo 

Nathaniel  Lee,  25  oo 

Sidney  T.  Gary,  20  oo 

McMaster's  Family,  1 1   oo 

J.  N.  Greenfield,  10  oo 

John  M.  Corliss,       -  10  oo 

Lyman  R.  Avery,  9  oo 

P.  W.  Converse,      -  7  oo 

Myron  King,     -  5  oo 

H.  Lee,  5  oo 

Samuel  Peabody,  5  oo 

Chauncey  D.  Packard,  5  oo 

Mrs.  David  Cowee,  5  oo 

Miss  Eleanor  A.  Young,      -  5  oo 

Andres  Family,  4  oo 

Peter  Bontecou,  3  oo 

J.  J.  Van  Deusen,  3  oo 

E.  S.  Brainerd,  3  oo 

Cornelia  Washburn,  2  oo 

Stephen  Mallory,     -  i   oo 

D.  Bigelow,  i   oo 

E.  Jones,     -                            -  i   oo 

$500  oo 


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OFFICIAL  BOARD  OF  THE  PAWLING  AVENUE 
CHURCH,  1887-88. 

Rev.  J.  H.  Clark,  Preacher  in  Charge, 

Isaac  A.  Youmans,  Local  Preacher. 

CLASS  LEADERS  : 

Elizabeth  Lovejoy,  Almon  Snyder, 

George  W.  Pettit,  Philip  Wendell. 

STEWARDS  : 

Allen  Fredericks,  Potter  Simmons, 

George  C.  Hastings,  Charles  H.  Vandenburgh, 

Philip  Wendell. 

TRUSTEES  : 

William  Craver,  James  Henderson, 

John  De  Freest,  William  H.  Hollister, 

Nathan  M.  Hastings,  George  W.  Pettit, 

Abner  Henderson,  George  Weatherwax. 

George  C.  Hastings,  Sunday-school  Sup't. 


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210 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  PAWLING  AVENUE  CHURCH, 

1887-88. 


Ainsworth.  Ledia  \Y. 
Allen,  Cora  E. 
Allen,  Cora  L. 
Allen,  Eliza 
Allen,  Marion 
Allen,  Sarah 
Allen,  Stewart 
Bennett,  Albert 
•Bennett,  Anna 
Bennett,  Jasper  X. 
Bennett,  Mina 
Betts,  A.  C. 
Betts,  Frederick 
Betts,  Martha 
Boyce,  Delia 
Boyce,  Kate 
Boyce,  Maggie 
Boyce,  Maranda 
Bo  yd,  L.  George 
Boyd,  Mary 
Briggs,  Adelaide 
Briggs,  Helen 
Bunce,  Isabella 
Cammeron,  Anna 
Campbell,  Anna 
Campbell,  Christiana 
Carner,  Helen 


Carner,  John 
Clark,  Florence  A. 
Clark,  Lola  M. 
Clark,  Mabel  \V. 
Clark.  Randolph  F. 
Clickner,  Henry 
Clickner,  Mary 
Cole,  Lizzie 
Covel,  Sarah 
Cramer,  James  E. 
Cramer,  Josephine 
Craver,  Catharine 
Craver,  Elizabeth  S. 
Craver,  William 
De  Freest,  Ella 
De  Freest,  Eleanor 
De  Freest,  Jno.  A. 
Dick,  Frank 
Driggs,  Sarah 
Dutcher,  George  W. 
Dutcher,  Lillian 
Egleston,  Alice 
Finch,  Caroline  L. 
Finch,  Diana 
Finch,  John  L. 
Ford,  Fannie  A. 
Fredericks,  Allen 


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Fredericks,  Elizabeth 
Gillis,  Clara 
Gillis,  Edward 
Grate,  Amelia 
Happe,  Emma 
Happe,  Josie 
Hastings,  Elizabeth 
Hastings,  George 
Hastings,  George  C. 
Hay,  Gertrude 
Hayner,  Carrie 
Henderson,  Abner 
Henderson,  Frances  C. 
Henderson,  Frank 
Henderson,  James  C. 
Hines,  Maggie 
Hines,  Mary 
Hines,  Mrs.  Mary 
Hines,  Minnie 
Hines,  Sarah 
Hollister,  Carrie 
Hull,  Lillian, 
Humphrey,  Allen 
Humphrey,  Fidelia 
Ives,  Emeline 
Jackson,  Elizabeth 
Keeler,  Katie 
Knight,  Catharine 
Kochart,  Emma 
Kochart  Paulina 


Koon,  Anna 
Lovejoy,  Elizabeth 
Mambert,  Mary 
Manrille,  Jonas 
Maxon,  Clara 
McPherson,  Eliza 
Minkler,  Albert 
Minkler,  Charles 
Minkler,  Eveline 
Minkler,  'Lizzie 
Moll,  Mary 
Moll,  Robert 
Moran,  Sarah 
Morris,  Mattie 
Munro,  Mary 
Palmer,  Alice 
Palmer,  Eveline 
Perrigo,  Fannie 
Pettit,  Earl  S. 
Pettit,  George  W. 
Pettit,  Jennie  M. 
Rifenburgh,  Betsey  M. 
Rush,  Rebecca 
Service,  Alferrett 
Service,  Amelia 
Service,  Margaret 
Service,  William  H. 
Sharpe,  George  H. 
Sharpe,  Jane 
Simmons,  Annie  F 


212 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Simmons,  Jessie 
Simmons,  Louisa 
Simmons,  Potter  S. 
Simmons,  Stephen 
Slater,  Anna 
Smith,  Edgar 
Snyder,  Almon 
Stillman,  Chester 
Stillman,  Josephine 
Stillman,  Roscal 
Strope,  Mrs.  A.  M. 
Strope,  Daniel 
Taylor,  Sarah 
Templeton,  Sarah  M. 
Tilley,  Albert 
Tilley,  Anna 
Tilley,  Charles 
Tilley,  Edwin 
Tilley,  Ellen 
Tilley,  Jessica 
Tilley,  Martha 
Traver,  Benjamin 
Traver,  Florence 
Travis,  Alva 
Truax,  Charles 
Utz,  Ida 


Utz,  John  A. 
Utz,  Minnie 

Vandenburgh,  Charles  H. 
Vandenburgh,  Louisa 
Vanderpool,  Adelbert 
Vanderpool,  Agnes 
Vanderpool,  John 
Vanderpool,  Lucinda  R. 
Van  Woert,  Susie 
Weatherwax,  Cyntha 
Weatherwax,  George 
Wendell,  Ida 
Wendell,  Mattie  E. 
Wendell,  Phillip  I. 
Wheeler,  Ella 
Whitbeck,  Eliza 
White,  George 
White,  James  H. 
White,  Mary 
Wilson,  Alice  A. 
Wright,  Lottie 
Wright,  Mary  A. 
Youmans,  Burton 
Youmans,  Chester  A. 
Youmans,  Rev.  Isaac  A. 
Zangler,  Lillian 


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PAWLING  AVENUE  M.  E.  SUNDAY  SCHOOL, 
1887-88. 

OFFICERS  : 

Rev.  J.  H.  Clark,  -   Pastor, 

G.  C.   Hastings,  Superintendent, 

Rev.  I.  A.  Youmans,  -       -  Asst.  Superintendent, 

A.  H.  Travis,     -  Secretary, 

Burton  Youmans,    -  -       -  Asst.  Secretary, 

Albert  Minkler, 


Librarians, 
George  L.  Boyd, 

Miss  Frances  C.  Henderson,  Sup't  of  Infant  Dept., 
Miss  Fannie  Ford,  -  Asst.Supt.  of  Infant  Dept, 

Miss  Fannie  Ford,    -  Organist, 

Miss  Retta  Service,      -       -  Asst.  Organist, 
G.  C.  Hastings,-  Chorister. 

TEACHERS  : 

Rev.  J.  H.  Clark,  Mrs.  Libbie  Lovejoy, 

Almon  Snyder,  Mrs.  Albert  Minkler, 

Mrs.  Albert  Bennett,  Mrs.  Eveline  Minkler, 

Mrs.  John  Carner,  Miss  Alice  Palmer, 

Mrs.  A.  Fredericks,  Mrs.  Josephine  Stillman 

Miss  Emma   Happe,  Miss  Ida  Wendell, 

Mrs.  G.  C.  Hastings,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Wheeler, 

Mrs.  Catharine  Knight,  Miss  Susie  Van  Woert. 


214  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

OFFICIAL  BOARD  OF  THE  FIFTH  AVENUE 
CHURCH,  1887-88. 

Rev.   Henry  Graham,  D.  D.,  Preacher  in  Charge. 

CLASS  LEADERS  : 

A.  D.  Banker,  R.  B.  Hurd, 

Ira  S.  Bush,  A.  W.  Pulis, 

H.  C.  Curtis,  Mary  Rowe, 

C.  B.  Gray,  C.  W.  Rowley, 

R.  W.  Hewitt,  E.  D.  Waldron, 

L.  Hull,  S.  L.  Wood. 

STEWARDS  : 

Charles  H.  Benedict,  A.  D.  Lyon, 

Isaac  Bogardus,  P.  S.  Pettit, 

A.  A.  Bunce,  William  H.  Pike, 

Herbert  Ford,  Lorenzo  D.  Streeter, 

George  Hughes,  George  W.  Van  Alstyner 

J.  V.  Jacobs,  A.  Whited, 

S.  L.  Wood. 

Isaac  Bogardus,  Recording  Steward, 

S.  L.  WTood,  -  •  District  Steward. 

TRUSTEES  : 

Oliver  Boutwell,  John  Leggett, 

H.  C.  Curtis,  Joseph  Leggett, 

George  P.  Ide,  William  H.  Rowe, 

John  C.  Ide,  E.  W.  Simpson, 

E.  D.  Waldron. 

H.  C.  Curtis,  Sunday-school  Superintendent. 


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217 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  FIFTH  AVENUE  CHURCH, 
1887-88. 


Abbott,  Elery  J. 
Abbott,  Frank  B. 
Abbott,  Minnie  M. 
Abbott,  Sarah 
Acome,  Delia 
Acome,  Richard, 
Adams,  Addie  M. 
Adams,  Marietta 
Adams,  Susan  E. 
Adkins,  Archibald 
Adkins,  Harriet 
Allen,  Jennie 
Anthony,  Aaron 
Anthony,  Josie  R. 
Anthony,  Lydia  B. 
Archibald,  George 
Archibald,  John 
Armitage,  Mary  B. 
Armitage,  William  P. 
Armsbury,  Charlotte, 
Arndt,  Rosa 
Arnold,  Emily 
Bacheldor,  Chester 
Bacheldor,  Olive  M. 
Bacheldor,  Rebecca 
Bailey,  Elzora 
Baker,  Maggie  A. 


Baldwin,  Helen  T. 
Baldwin,  Melville  C. 
Baldwin,  Sarah  J. 
Banker,  Alex.  D. 
Banker,  Florence  E. 
Barker,  Lavinia 
Barnes,  Lorilla  L. 
Barringer,  Harriet  M. 
Barringer,  Sarah  E. 
Bateman,  Alice 
Battershall,  Jane 
Bawden,  William  J. 
Beattie,  Carl 
Beattie,  Dora 
Beattie,  Mabel 
Becker,  Anna  R. 
Becker,  A.  C. 
Benedict,  Charles  H. 
Benedict,  Eliza 
Benedict,  T.  Lee 
Benedict,  Sarah  A. 
Bennett,  Inez 
Bennett,  Mrs.  Rola 
Betts,  Clarence  E. 
Belts,  Mrs.  C.  E. 
Bibb,  Edwin 
Bibb, 'Hannah  M. 


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METHODISM    IN    TROY. 


Bigelman,  Ada 
Bigelman,  Laura 
Birdsall,  Maria 
Blackburn,  Lois 
Bogardus,  Anna 
Bogardus,  Hannah 
Bogardus,  Isaac 
Bogardus,  Magdelena 
Bogardus,  Viana 
Bolster,  Dewitt  E. 
Boumis,  Eva 
Bounds,  Burton 
Bounds,  jr.,  John  W. 
Bounds,  Mary 
Boutwell,  Harriet 
Boutwell,  Oliver 
Boutwell,  Phoebe  A. 
Boutwell,  Theodore 
Boxley,  Alice 
Boxley,  Caroline 
Boxley,  George 
Bradshaw,  Anna  M. 
Bradshaw,  Mary  J. 
Brakes,  Mary  J. 
Brakes,  Samuel 
Brandon,  Irving 
Brandon,  Jennie  M. 
Briggs,  Cynthia 
Bristol,  George 
Bristol,  Grace 


Bristol,  Margaret 
Bristol,  Mary 
Brooks,  Emma 
Broughton,  Henry  O. 
Broughton,  Jane 
Brown,  Edith 
Brown,  E.  Fisk 
Brown,  Florence  A. 
Brown,  Jane  M. 
Brown,  Louisa 
Brundage,  Lizzie 
Bryan,  Libbie 
Bull,  Caroline 
Bull,  Charlotte 
Bulson,  Hattie 
Bump,  Mary 
Bunce,  Alonzo  A. 
Bunce,  Mary  C. 
Bundy,  Maggie 
Burtis,  Mary  L. 
Burton,  John  \V. 
Bush,  Ira  G. 
Bussey,  Elizabeth  C« 
Calhoun,  Anna  B. 
Calhoun,  Elizabeth 
Calhoun,  Mary  J. 
Calhoun,  Thomas 
Campbell,  Adeline 
Campbell,  Jennie 
Campbell,  Lillian 


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219 


Campbell,  Martin  V. 
Campbell,  Mary 
Carr,  Alice 
Carr,  Mrs.  Wm.  H. 
Carruthers,  Louisa  M. 
Chambers,  Fanny 
Chappell,  Rachel 
Christopher,  Carrie  E. 
Clark,  Caroline 
Clark,  Emma 
Clark,  Emma  L. 
Clark,  Hannah 
Clark,  Ransom 
Cleminshaw,  Laura 
Cole,  Dulcena  M. 
Cole,  Ida  E. 
Collins,  Julia 
Cong-don,  Eliza 
Conner,  William 
Connor,  Emma 
Cook,  Mary 
Cooke,  Angeline 
Cooke,  Julia  E. 
Cookingham,  Jennie  A. 
Cooper,  James 
Coss,  Caroline 
Costello,  Annie 
Cottrell,  Nancy 
Cox,  Gertrude 
Crandall,  Eliza 


Curtis,  Harry  S. 
Curtis,  Henry  C. 
Curtis,  Mercy 
David,  Edmund  V. 
Davis,  Eliza  A. 
Davis,  Mary  A. 
Dayton,  Laura 
Dean,  Nellie 
Decker,  Adalbert  E. 
Decker,  Lodemia 
Dedrick,  Sarah 
Delavergne,  Emily  J. 
De  Long,  J.  H. 
De  Long,  Sarah  E, 
Derrick,  Sally 
Dixon,  John  J. 
Dixon,  Mary  J. 
Dollar,  Fannie  A. 
Dooris,  Jennie 
Dooris,  Joseph  M. 
Douglass,  Serula 
Dunsbeck,  Edith 
Dunshee,  Nellie 
Dusenberry,  Levinus 
Dusenberry,  Mary  E. 
Eddy,  George  W. 
Edmans,  Frank  T. 
Edmans,  George  P. 
Edmans,  Julia  M. 
Edmans,  Walter  }. 


220 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Emerson,  Ida  M. 
Emerson,  Oliver  K. 
Emery,  Bessie  A. 
Emory,  John  W. 
Evarts,  Emma 
Evarts,  H.  A. 
Evarts,  Harry  L. 
Feasey,  Caroline 
Feasey,  Lavina 
Feasey,  Thomas 
Felt,  Ellen  J. 
Felter,  Charles  A. 
Felter,  Edwin 
Felter,  Sophia 
Fleming,  John  F. 
Folensbee,  Helen  M. 
Fonda,  Lydia  J. 
Foose,  Alida 
Foose,  Mary 
Foose,  Stella  M. 
Ford,  Ella 
Ford,  Herbert 
Ford,  Isaac  V. 
Ford,  Kate  E. 
Fortune,  Louisa  M. 
Fox,  George  E. 
Freeman,  Cordelia 
Freeman,  Josephine 
Frost,  Edward  J. 
Gage,  Emeline 


Gage,  Jessie  F. 
Gage,  Viola 
Gates,  Addie  C. 
German,  Kate 
Gibbon,  Mary 
Gifford,  Ida  L. 
Gifford,  Mary  J. 
Gifford,  M.  P. 
Giles,  Charles  C. 
Gill,  Charles 
Gill,  Edward 
Gill,  Martha 
Gill,  William  S. 
Gillespie,  Bertha  M. 
Gillies,  Nellie 
Gilman,  Mary  E. 
Gledhill,  Mary  E. 
Gould,  Jennie 
Gould,  Jennie 
Gould,  Lillie  H. 
Goynes,  Mary 
Graham,  Mattie  A. 
Graham,  Nettie  F. 
Graham,  Sarah  N. 
Gray,  Alice 
Gray,  Carrie 
Gray,  Charles  B. 
Gray,  Sarah  E. 
Gray,  Stannard 
Green,  Charles  F. 


METHODISM    IN   TROY. 


Green,  Lucinda 
Green,  Minnie  B. 
Green,  Oscar 
Greenman,  Emily  M. 
Grieves,  Bella 
Groom,  Eliza 
Guenther,  George 
Guenther,  Julia  M. 
Guenther,  Katie  R. 
Guile,  Eveliza 
Gunnison,  Azubah 
Gunnison,  Carrie 
Hamill,  Lizzie 
Hammond,  Charles  H. 
Hammond,  Henry 
Hammond,  Mary  H. 
Hampton,  Mattie 
Hampton,  Mary  F. 
Harris,  Edith 
Harris,  Harriet  L. 
Harris,  J.  Ann 
Harris,  John  W. 
Harris,  Martha  J. 
Hart,  Clara 
Hartshorn,  Nancy  V. 
Hastings,  Loring  M. 
Hastings,  Maria  A. 
Helms,  Henrietta 
Helms,  Levi 
Hermance,  Anna 


Hewitt,  Ann  E. 
Hewitt,  Georo-e  W.  L. 

O 

Hewitt,  Ida  May 
Hewitt,  R.  W. 
Hill,  Almira 
Hill,  Charles 
Hills,  Francis 
Himes,  Edward 
Himes,  Sarah  , 
Hoag,  Levi 
Hoag,  Ruth  G. 
Hodges,  Clara 
Hoffmaster,  Olivia 
Holmes,  Augusta  M. 
Holmes,  Osborn  W. 
Holtz,  Nellie 
Hooper,  John 
Howe,  Chandler  C. 
Hudson,  Loraine 
Hudson,  Thomas 
Hughes,  George 
Hughes,  Lucy 
Hull,  Fred. 
Hull,  Jennie 
Hull,  Levaldin 
Hull,  Margaret 
Hunt,  Margaret  M. 
Hurd,  Cora 
Hurd,  Delia  G. 
Hurd,  George  B. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Hurd,  Gertie  V. 
Hurd,  R.  B. 
Hurd,  Rollin  J. 
Ide,  Herbert  S. 
Ide,  John  C. 
Ide,  Josephine 
Ide,  Mrs.  George  P. 
Ide,  Stella  M. 
Irvin,  Margaret 

o 

Jacobs,  Anetta  E. 
Jacobs,  Jacob  V. 
Jacobs,  John  E. 
Jacobs,  Mary  A. 
Jamieson,  Matilda 
Jessemine,  James 
Johnson,  Frederick 
Johnson,  Sarah  F. 
Jones,  Adclie 
Jones,  Catharine 
Jones,  Lizzie 
Jones,  Maria 
Kilburn,  Sophia  W. 
Kilby,  Charles 
Kimball,  Burr 
Kincaid,  Agnes 
King,  Eliza  J. 
Kinlock,  Alexander 
Kinlock,  Mary  J. 
Kinlock,  Read 
Kipp,  Abbie  E. 


Kirk,  Elizabeth 
Kline,  Leonard 
Kline,  Mary 
Koehler,  John 
Landon,  Frederick  E. 
Landon,  Rosa 
Lane,  Anna 
Lane,  George  N. 
Lane,  Sarah  C. 
Lansing,  Garrett 
Lansing,  Hattie 
Lansing,  Laura 
Lawrence,  Ocena 
Learned,  Alice 
Leggett,  Delia  M. 
Leggett,  John 
Leggett,  Joseph 
Leggett,  Mary  Belle 
Leggett,  Mary  E. 
Lewis,  Mary  J. 
Link,  Effie 
Lont,  Lucinda 
Lont,  Cornelia 
Lull,  Henrietta 
Lyon,  Asa  D. 
Lyon,  Bert 
Lyon,  H.  Elizabeth 
Lyon,  Job  P. 
Magee,  Anna  M. 
Magee,  Edgar  E. 


METHODISM    IN    TROY. 


Magee,  Harriet  E. 
Magee,  Libbie 
Magee,  Rosena  F. 
Maguire,  Maria 
Main,  Mattie  E. 
Marsh,  Alice 
Marshall,  Ellen 
Marshall,  Richard 
Marston,  Clara 
Mateer,  W.  Newton 
McChesney,  Catharine 
McChesney,  Charlotte 
McChesney,  Martha  J. 
McClure,  Elizabeth 
Mcllvaine,  Nancy 
Mead,  Hattie  L. 
Miller,  Aclclie  E. 
Miller,  Alcena 
Miller,  Ann 
Miller,  Libbie 
Miller,  Margaret 
Miller,  Sarah  A. 
Moore,  Lewis  K. 
Morgan,  Anna 
Mott,  Caroline 
Mott,  Emma 
Mullen,  Sarah 
Norris,  Anna 
N orris,  George 
Norris,  Mary  E. 


North,  Amanda 
O'Brien,  Carrie 
Olmstead,  Sarah 
Paddock,  C.  M. 
Palmer,  A.  Lincoln 
Parker,  Henrietta 
Parks,  Julia 
Patchke,  Carrie 
Patterson,  Margaret 

o 

Payfer,  George  M. 
Peabody,  Joseph 
Peabody,  Mary  A. 
Peek,  Florence 
Penrose,  Anna 
Perry,  Annie 
Perry,  Bennett 
Perry,  Mary 
Pettit,  Abbie 
Pettit,  Alice 
Pettit,  Arthur 
Pettit,  David  H. 
Pettit,  Eunice  C. 
Pettit,  Jennie 
Pettit,  Phineas  S. 
Phillips,  Henry 
Phillips,  Mary  E. 
Pickering,  Sarah  F. 
Pike,  William  H. 
Pitcher,  Libbie 
Pitts,  Mary 


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METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Powell,  Mark  K. 
Pratt,  Annie  E. 
Pratt,  Charity 
Pratt,  John  P. 
Pratt,  Julia  A. 
Prentice,  Charles  C. 
Prentice,  Parmelia  M. 
Pulis,  Abram 
Pulis,  Catharine 
Pulis,  Jennie 
Pulis,  Jessie 
Pulis,  Nellie 
Pulis,  Olive 
Quigley,  Mary  H. 
Ouigley,  William  H. 
Quivey,  Alta 
Ranken,  Sabrina 
Ranken,  William 
Ratoon,  Minnie 
Reynolds,  Nathaniel 
Rice,  William 
Rich,  Ruth  M. 
Ring,  Sarah 
Roach,  Dora  M. 
Robertson,  Minnie  A. 
Robertson,  Thurza 
Rogers,  John  W. 
Rogers,  Mary  A. 
Rogers,  Mrs.  R.  A. 
Rogers,  Thomas 


Rood,  Lucy 
Rowe,  Lucretia 
Rowe,  Francis  J. 
Rowe,  Lucy  A.  W. 
Rowe,  Mary 
Rowe,  William  H. 
Rowe,  jr.,  William  H. 
Rowles,  D.  Henry 
Rowles,  Mary  R. 
Rowley,  Charles  W. 
Scott,  Auline 
Seaman,  Mary 
Sexton,  Charles  H. 
Shafer,  Clarence  E. 
Shafer,  Eliza 
Sheffers,  Lemira  B. 
Sherwood,  Lucia  M. 
Sherwood,  Sarah  A. 
Shocks,  Marietta 
Simpson,  Almira 
Sleight,  Mary 
Sleight,  Roxy 
Slocum,  Charlotte  E. 
Smith,  Charles 
Smith,  Elizabeth 
Smith,  Emaline 
Smith,  Emily 
Smith,  George  E. 
Smith.  Hannah 
Smith,  Julia 


METHODISM    IN   TROY. 


Smith,  Mary  J. 
Smith,  Sarah  E. 
Smith,  S.  Lillie 
Snyder,  Abby  J. 
Snyder,  Cora 
Snyder,  Ella 
Snyder,  Ida 
Snyder,  Margaret  E. 
Snyder,  William  R. 
Stanley,  Eames 
Stanley,  Jane 
Stanley,  Mary 
Stanley,  Rosanna 
Stannard,  Alice  M. 
Stannard,  Carrie  D. 
Stannard,  Henrietta 
Stannard,  John  D. 
Starr,  Margaret 
Starr,  William 
Staunton,  Elmer  E. 
Sterry,  Laura  A. 
Stewart,  Mary  F. 
Stone,  Kate  A. 
Streeter,  Lorenzo 
Streeter,  Mrs.  Lorenzo 
Swan,  Delia 
Swartwout,  Mary  C. 
Thayer,  Emma 
Thayer,  Gussie 
Thayer,  Sarah 


Thayer,  Sarah  A. 
Thayer,  Walter 
Tiffany,  Eleanor 
Tracy,  Deborah 
Tripp,  Hattie  L. 
Tully,  Wm.  E. 
Turner,  Lavinia 
Turner,  Royal  L. 
Tuthill,  Nancy 
Tuttle,  Emma  M. 
Uline,  Rebecca 
Van  Alstyne,  Alice 
Van  Alstyne,  Anna  G. 
Van  Alstyne,  Calsinai 
Van  Alstyne,  Geo.  W. 
Van  Alstyne,  Richard  H. 
Van  Alstyne,  Sally   E. 
Van  Alstyne,  Wm.  L. 
Van  Alstyne,  jr.,  Wm.  L. 
Van  Antwerp,  Alice 
Van  Antwerp,  Mattie 
Van  Buren,  Carrie 
Van  Buren,  Catharine 
Van  Buren,  Eva 
Van  Buren,  Julia  V. 
Van  Buren,  Lucretia 
Van  Buren,  Rebecca 
Vanclecar,  Ann  J. 
Van  Deusen,  Charles  B. 
Van  Deusen,  Retta 


226 


METHODISM   IN  TROY. 


Van  Deusen,  Sarah 
Van  Hoesen,  Francis 
Van  Hoesen,  Margaret 
Van  Hoesen,  Oscar  A. 
Van  Hoesen,  Sarah  J. 
Van  Hoesen,  William 
Van  Ness,  Glorianna 
Van  Vleck,  Francis  W. 
Van  Vleck,  Luella  L. 
Vedder,  Ada  A. 
Viall,  Cora 
Viall,  Frank  P. 
Vines,  Eli  P. 
Vines,  Fannie  C. 
Vines,  Sophia 
Vrooman,  Carrie  F. 
Waite,  Gay 
Waldron,  Ephraim  D. 
Waldron,  Hannah 
Waldron,  Sarah  A. 
Ward,  Tillie 
Warner,  Mary  E. 
Waters,  Hattie 
Waters,  William 
Weaver,  Annie 
\Vells,  Myra 


Wemett,  Electra 
Wenzell,  Charles  H. 
White,  Anna  M. 
Whited,  Alvinze 
Whited,  Florence  A. 
Wickham,  Annie 
Wickham,  Lillie 
Wilcox,  Mary 
Wilkinson,  Thomas 
Wilson,  Hannah  S. 
Wilson,  Julia 
Wilson,  Minnie  L. 
Wilson,  Perry  H. 
Winne,  Martha 
Witherell,  Louisa 
Wixon,  Kate 
Wood,  Almira 
Wood,  Mary  L. 
Wood,  S.  L. 
Woodruff,  Clara  I. 
Woolfe,  Catharine  M. 
Woolfe,  George 
Wright,  Mary  L. 
Wright,  Sarah  A. 
Young,  Georgietta 
Zears,  Jennie 


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227 


FIFTH  AVENUE  M.  E.  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,  1887-88. 


Rev.  H.  Graham,   - 
H.  C.  Curtis, 
Levi  Hoag,    - 
Mrs.  A.  D.  Lyon, 
G.  W.  Van  Alstyne, 
W.  L.  Van  Alstyne, 
Wm.  H.  Quigley, 
H.  A.  Evarts, 
J.  F.  Fleming. 
H.  L.  Evarts, 
E.  F.  Brown, 
Bert.  Lyon, 
W.  H.  Pike,  ) 
I.  Bogardus,  ) 


OFFICERS  : 

-  Pastor. 
Superintendent. 

-  Asst.  Superintendent. 
Female  Superintendent. 

-  Secretary. 

jr.,       Asst.  Secretary, 
Treasurer. 

-  Librarian. 
Asst.  Librarian. 

-  Asst.  Librarian, 
Asst.  Librarian. 

-  Asst.  Librarian. 
Church   Commission  on 

Sunday  School. 


TEACHERS 

A.  D.  Banker,  Miss 

C.  H.  Benedict,  Miss 

I.  S.  Bush,  Mrs. 

J.  H.  De  Long,  Miss 

C.  H.  Hammond,  Mrs. 

R.  W.  Hewitt,  Miss 

R.  B.  Hurd,  Mrs. 

Miss  Sarah  Baldwin,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  A.  D.  Banker,  Miss 

Mrs.  C.  H.  Benedict,  Miss 

Miss  Eva  Bouns,  Miss 

Miss  Florence  Brown,  Miss 

Mrs.  H.  C.  Curtis,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  E.  J.  De  Lavergne,  Miss 

Mrs.  H.  Ford,  Mrs. 

Miss  Jennie  Gould,  Mrs. 


Lillie  Gould, 
Carrie  Gray, 
Edward  Green, 
Kate  Guenther, 
Levi  Hoag, 
Ida  Hewitt, 
Frederick  Johnson, 
J.  B.  Jones, 
Lizzie  Jones, 
Abbie  Kipp, 
Jennie  Pettit, 
Julia  Pratt, 
W.  H.  Quigley, 
Mary  Rowe, 
E.  W.  Simpson, 
J.  H.  White. 


228  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


OFFICIAL  BOARD  OF  THE  THIRD  ST.  CHURCH, 

1887-88. 

Rev.  J.  P.  Haller,  Preacher  in  Charge, 

George  M.  Bowns,  Local  Preacher. 

CLASS  LEADERS  : 
Kingman  Golledge,  Benjamin  Vipond. 

STEWARDS  : 

Lewis  Birkenshaw,  John  Hayes, 

Samuel  Bord,  John  Shetland, 

William  Claydon,  Charles  J.  Shroder, 

John  De  Freest,  Samuel  L.  Taylor, 

David  Greer,  Benjamin  Vipond, 

Joseph  Weston. 


TRUSTEES  : 

Samuel  Bord,  Daniel  Klock,  jr., 

David  Greer,  T.  W.  P.  Patterson, 

Thomas  W.  Hislop,  Charles  J.  Shroder. 

Daniel   Klock,  jr.,  Sunday-school  Superintendent. 


o      ,   . 


METHODISM   IN  TROY. 


231 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  THIRD  ST.  CHURCH, 
1887-88. 


Armstrong,  Maggie 
Ashton,  James 
Bainbridge,  William 
Bancroft,  Mrs.  C.  J. 
Birkenshaw,  Lewis 
Bissell,  Harry 
Bissell,  Maggie 
Bissell,  Melissa 
Bissell,  Mrs.  M.  H. 
Bord,  Charlotte 
Bord,  Charlotte  T. 
Borcl,  Lydia 
Bord,  Samuel 
Bowns,  Eliza 
Braman,  Edmund 
Braman,  Hattie 
Braman,  John  E. 
Braman,  Mrs.  John  E. 
Bruce,  Maria 
Bruce,  Sarah 
Bumsted,  Margaret 
Burkal,  James 
Cary,  Mary 
Claydon,  Albert, 
Claydon,  W. 
Claydon,  Mrs.  W. 
Cooper,  S.  Belle 
Danks,  Phoebe 
De  Freest,  John 


De  Freest,  Melinda 
Ensign,  Carrie 
Essegian,  Moses 
Ferguson,  James 
Ferguson,  Peter 
Fisher,  Freda 
Ford,  Jane 
Gloss,  Allan 
Gloss,  Elinor  E. 
Golledofe,  Kinsman 

o  o 

Greer,  Kitty 
Greer,  William  S. 
Guy,  Elizabeth 
Halse,  Douglass 
Halse,  Jane 
Halse,  Lizzie 
Hanson,  James 
Hanson,  Mrs.  James 
Harber,  Alfred 
Harden,  Catherine 
Harrington,  Lena  B. 
Harrison,  Helen  J. 
Hayes,  Annie 
Hayes,  John 
Hayes,  Mary 
Hayes,  Mary  L. 
Hayes,  Priscilla 
Heuson,  John 
Hislop,  Annie 


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METHODISM   IX  TROY. 


Jones,  Libbie 
Lee,  James 
Luce,  Thomas 
McChesney,  Barbara 
McChesney,  Delia 
McKean,  John 
Meachem,  John 
Meachem,  Lydia 
Meachem,  Mrs.  Charles 
Meachem,  Susie 
Meachem,  Thomas 
Meek,  Abraham 
Meek,  Nancy 
Meek,  Timothy 
Moore,  Henry 
Morton,  John 
Olmstead,  Mary 
Payne,  Mary 
Payne,  William 
Rouse,  Amelia 
Rouse?  Frankie 
Rouse,  W.  \V. 
Shaw,  Myra 
Shetland,  Ida 
Shetland,  John 
Shetland,  Kitty 
Shetland,  Maggie 
Shetland,  Mary 
Shetland,  Lily 
Shout,  Lucinda 
Shroder,  Charles  J. 
Shroder,  Kate 
Simpson,  Annie 
Simpson,  James 


Siples,  Jacob 
Siples,  Warren 
Snyder,  Jessie 
Stevenson,  Emily 
Stevenson,  John 
Stevenson,  Mrs.  John 
Sutton,  Nancy 
Swan,  Delia 
Taylor,  Emma 
Taylor,  Josie 
Taylor.  Lucy 
Taylor,  Samuel  L. 
Thicket,  Elizabeth 
Thicket,  Joshua 
Tifft,  Elmira  K. 
Timmins,  Emma 
Tolmie,  Jennie 
Tolmie,  Martha 
Tolmie,  Thomas 
Tracy,  Jane 
Trotter,  Elizabeth 
Turner,  Emma 
Turner,  Harriet 
Turner,  Josiah 
Turner,  Mary 
Van  Hoesen,  Maria 
Van  Hoesen,  Milton 
Vipond,  Benjamin 
Weston,  Charles 
Weston,  George  R. 
Weston,  Joseph 
Williams,  Charles 
Williams,  Frank 
Witbeck,  Sarah 


METHODISM    IN    TROY. 


THIRD  STREET   M.  E.   SUNDAY  SCHOOL, 
1887-88. 

OFFICERS  : 


Rev.  J.  H.  Robinson, 
Daniel  Klock,  jr.,  - 
Thomas  W.  P.  Patterson,  - 
David  Greer, 
William  R.  Cooper,  - 
George  R.  Weston, 
Thomas  W.  Hislop, - 
Samuel  L.  Taylor, 
William  Claydon, 
Miss  Myra  Shaw, 
Miss  S.  Belle  Cooper, 
Miss  Anna  Hayes, 
Lorenzo  Braman, 
Mrs.  David  Greer, 


Pastor, 

Superintendent, 

ist  Asst.   Superintendent, 

2d    Asst.   Superintendent, 

Secretary, 

Asst.  Secretary, 

Treasurer, 

Librarian, 

Asst.  Librarian, 

Female  Superintendent, 

Supt.  Primary  Dept., 

Asst.  Supt.  Primary  Dept., 

Chorister, 

Organist. 


TEACHERS : 


Kingman  Golledge, 
Rev.  J.  H.  Robinson, 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Braman.  jr., 
Miss  Sarah  Bruce, 
Miss  Lillie  Cooper, 
Miss  Phcebe  Danks, 
Mrs.  John  De  Freest, 


Miss  Carrie  Ensign, 

Mrs.  David  Greer, 

Mrs.  Thos.  W.  P.  Patterson, 

Mrs.  J.  H.  Robinson, 

Miss  Myra  Shaw, 

Miss  Delia  Swan, 

Miss  Jessie  Warner. 


234  METHODISM   IN  TROY. 

OFFICIAL  BOARD  OF  TRINITY  CHURCH, 
1887-88. 

Rev.  P.  L.  Dow,  -  Preacher  in  Charge. 

James  H.  Bounds,          ~] 

William  H.  Edwards, 

,,,.,,.        .„  Local  Preachers. 

William  Foster, 

William  H.  Manning, 

Joseph  Hillman,  Exhorter. 

CLASS  LEADERS  : 

S.  P.  Allen.  Charles  W.  Hulbert, 

Israel  Bickford,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Hulbert, 

Isaac  S.  Bussing,  Howard  S.  Kennedy, 

William  Foster,  William  H.  Manning, 

Joseph  Hillman,  William  E.  Smith. 

STEWARDS  : 

Fred.  Beiermeister,  jr.,  Thomas  Edwards, 

Adam  Clint,  Joseph  Hillman, 

Jesse  Crannell,  Howard  S.  Kennedy, 

Edward  Edwards,  Lewis  Roth, 

James  W.  Wood. 

TRUSTEES  : 

Fred.  Beiermeister.  jr.,  Joseph  Hillman, 

Israel  Bickford,  Charles  W.  Hulbert, 

George  W.  Cary,  James  A.  McPherson. 

William  E.  Smith. 

James  W.  Wood,  Sunday-school  Superintendent. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

MEMBERS  OF  TRINITY  CHURCH. 
1887-88. 


237 


Abrames,  Adelia 
Abrames,  Charity 
Abrames,  Ella  M. 
Abrames,  Harvey 
Abrames,  Jessie 
Abrames,  John 
Abrames,  Minnie 
Ager,  James  B. 
Allen,  Addie  A. 
Allen,  Addie 
Allen,  Alexander  S. 
Allen,  Annie  E. 
Allen,  Ella  May 
Allen,  Stanton  P. 
Andrews,  James 
Andrews,  Nancy 
Austin,  Georgiana 
Austin,  John  C. 
Bailey,  Julia  M. 
Bailey,  Sidney  C. 
Beam,  Augustus 
Beiermeister,  Charlotte 
Beiermeister,  jr,.  Ered. 
Beiermeister,  Jennie 
Beiermeister,  William 
Bennett,  Elizabeth 
Bentley,  Florence 
Bentley,  Maria 


Bentley,  Minnie 
Bergh,  William 
Bickford,  Almira 
Bickford,  Israel 
Bickford,  Thomas  H. 
Blackwood,  Charlotte 
Blackwood,  Jennie 
Bloomingdale,  Annie  R. 
Bloomingdale,  Edward  J. 
Bloomingdale,  George 
Bloomingdale,  Josephine 
Bloominpfdale,  Pheobe 

o 

Bonesteel,  Hattie 
Bonesteel,  Leuella 
Bose,  Robert  G. 
Bounds,  James  H. 
Bowdy,  William  H. 
Brandow,  Maria 
Brandow,  William 
Brewer,  Caroline 
Brimmer,  Annie 
Brimmer,  John 
Brimmer,  Eannie 
Brown,  Angelina 
Brown,  Emma 
Brush,  Lavina 
Brush,  Rosella 
Brush,  Tallman 


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METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Buchan, Jane, 
Buckley,  Clara 
Burdick,  Elizabeth 
Burdick,  Jennie  E. 
Burdick,  Joel  T. 
Burdick,  H.  Libbie 
Burdick,  Wallace 
Bussey,  Bertha 
Bussing,  Ella  S. 
Bussing,  Isaac 
Button,  George  W. 
Button,  Rebecca 
Byrne,  Sarah 
Calkins,  Alice 
Calkins,  Charles  W. 
Campaigne,  Bertha 
Campaigne,  Jennie  M. 
Campaigne,  Jonathan 
Campaigne,  Margaret 
Campaigne,  Thomas 
Campaigne,  Thomas  A. 
Campaigne,  William 
Campbell,  Catharine 
Campbell,  Emma 
Campbell,  Jennie  F. 
Campbell,  Lottie 
Carnrick,  Lillian  M. 
Cary,  Elizabeth  A. 
Cary,  George 
Cary,  Hannah 


Cary,  William 
Cass,  Annie 
Castle,  John 
Chamberlain,  Harriet 
Chambers,  Anna  F. 
Chambers,  Emily  J. 
Chisholm,  John 
Churchill,  Nellie 
Clark,  Anna  J. 
Clark,  David  J. 
Clark,  Martha 
Clark,  Sheldon  J. 
Clickner,  Eliza 
Clickner,  Jacob  M. 
Clint,  Adam 
Clint,  Annie  Frances 
Clint,  Jesse 
Clint,  Sarah 
Coffin,  Deborah 
Coffin,  Peter 
Cogger,  Lottie 
Conklin,  Ella 
Corps,  Kate 
Corps,  Millicent 
Covert,  Emma 
Cox,  Mary  L. 
Cox,  Sarah  E 
Crannell,  Jane 
Crannell,  Jesse 
Crannell,  Julia 


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Crannell,  Maria 
Crannell,  Marvin  D. 
Crannell,  Mary  E. 
Crannell,  Phoebe 
Crannell,  William 
Craver,  Alvina 
Craver,  Chauncey 
Craver,  Fanny 
Craver,  John  W. 
Craver,  John  Wesley 
Craver,  Martha 
Craver,  Sarah  Eveline 
Crawford,  Emma 
Crawford,  George  A. 
Crawford,  Fred.  W. 
Crawford,  Margaret 
Crawford,  Rebeena  R. 
Crooker,  Mary 
Crocker,  Sarah  J. 
Cross,  Alfred 
Cross,  Anna  E. 
Curry,  Martha 
Curtis,  Stiles 
Daly,  Ellen 
Davidson,  Bertha 
Davidson,  Georgiana 
Davidson,  Robert 
Deihl,  Adeline  Ogden 
Deihl,  Josephine 
Deihl,  Andrew 


Deihl,  Augustus 
Dow,  Carrie  R. 
Dow,  George  H.  P. 
Dow.  Mary  E. 
Dow,  William  L. 
Draper,  Jane 
Ducloire,  Fannie 
Dudoire,  Hulalie 
Dudoire,  Nelson 
Dudoire,  Peter  M. 
Dutcher,  William  H. 
Eklund,  Dorothy 
Eklund,  John  E. 
Edwards,  Annie  E. 
Edwards,  Eddie 
Edwards,  Edward 
Edwards,  Emma 
Edwards,  Frederick 
Edwards,  George 
Edwards,  Jonathan 
Edwards,  Lilly 
Edwards,  Maggie 
Edwards,  Mary  A. 
Edwards,  Mary  C. 
Edwards,  Thomas 
Edwards,  Thomas  C. 
Edwards,  Thomas  Ensign 
Edwards,  William  H. 
Emerson,  Lottie 
Emerson,  Nettie 


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METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Emerson,  Phoebe 
Emerson,  William 
Farr,  Gertrude  H. 
Farr,  Mary  E. 
Farr,  Mattie  P. 
Farr,  Nelson  J. 
Files,  Cordelia 
Files,  Nancy 
Finch,  John  W. 
Finch,  Marg.  Mickle 
Finder,  John 
Firth,  Annie 
Firth,  Lena 
Fletcher,  Ellen 
Forman,  George  W. 
Foster,  Elizabeth 
Foster,  William 
Fradenburgh,  Alice  M. 
Fradenburgh,  George  W. 
Frear,  Chauncey  D. 
Frear,  Rosanna 
French,  Asa 
French,  Carrie 
French,  Jesse 
French,  Louisa 
French,  Roswell 
French,  Sarah  M. 
Gallagher,  Bessie 
Gardiner,  Kate 
Gardiner,  Sarah 


Gardiner,  A. 
Geddes,  Ellen  M. 
Geddes,  Herbert  M. 
Geddes,  Ida 
Geddes,  William 
Geer,  Lewis 
Gibson,  Minnie 
Gilbert,  Emogine 
Goewey,  Nettie  A. 
Goode,  Mrs.  George  H 
Goode,  Mary 
Graham,  Eliza 
Green,  Bessie  C. 
Green,  Betsey 
Green,  Eliza 
Green,  Eveline 
Green,  Fred.  O. 
Greenman,  Maggie  J. 
Griffith,  John 
Griffith,  Lulu 
Hall,  Betsey 
Hammer,  Thomas 
Hammond,  George  W. 
Hammond,  Sarah  C. 
Harper,  Agnes 
Harper,  Carrie 
Harper,  Mary 
Harper,  John  B. 
Harper,  Mary 
Harper,  Mary 


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241 


Harper,  Peter  A. 
Harper,  William  J. 
Harris,  Mary  J. 
Henry,  Chloe  Pamelia 
Hicks,  Lewis  E. 
Hicks,  Nellie 
Hillman,  Joseph 
Himes,  John 
Himes,  Libbie 
Hislop,  Albert  E. 
Hislop,  Annie 
Hislop,  Elizabeth 
Hislop,  Elizabeth 
Hislop,  Fannie 
Hislop,  Frank  W. 
Hislop,  Jessie 
Hobbs,  De  \Yitt 
Hobbs,  Howard 
Hobbs,  Josie 
Hollis,  Elizabeth  A. 
Holt,  Ellen 
Horton,  Elvira 
Houghtaling,  Mary  E. 
Howe,  Jerod  D. 
Howes,  Elizabeth 
Howes,  George 
Howes,  Hattie 
Hulbert,  Charles  W. 
Hulbert,  Philip  F. 
Hulbert,  Sarah  A. 


Imerson,  Ada 
Imerson,  Ernest 
Imerson,  Esther 
Imerson,  Mary 
Jenney,  Sarah  J. 
Johnson,  Sarah  J. 
Jones,  Ann 
Keating,  Cora  A. 
Kelly,  Hortense 
Kelly,  Louise  M. 
Kemcut,  Nathaniel 
Kemcut,  Ida  Amelia 
Kendall,  Frank 
Kendall,  Jennie  E. 
Kennedy,  Edith 
Kennedy,  Elizabeth 
Kennedy,  Howard  S, 
Kennedy,  Josephine 
Kennedy,  Lydia  A. 
Kennedy,  Maggie 
Kennedy,  Susie 
Kirk,  Celia  C. 
Klock,  Emma  L. 
Klock,  Fred 
Knapp,  Etta 
Knight,  Richard 
Lang,  Robert 
Lang,  Sarah 
Lassells,  Julia 
Lassells,  Mary  E. 


IT 


METHODISM  IN  TROY. 


Leffler,  Adaline 
Leffler,  Amelia 
Leffler,  Genevive 
Lobdell,  Matilda 
Lott,  Diana 
Lott,  Joseph 
Lott,  Libbie 
Lott,  Thomas  O. 
Mambert,  Alvin 
Mambert,  Arlington  H. 
Mambert,  Electra 
Mambert,  Grace 
Mambert,  Ida 
Mambert,  William  H. 
Marble,  Amanda  M. 
Marble,  Jennie 
Marble,  Lizzie  M. 
McAllister,  Laura 
McCabe,  Alida 
McCabe,  James 
McCabe,  Sarah 
McCabe,  William 
McChesney,  Emma 
McCune,  Mary 
McCune,  Minnie 
McKee,  Martha 
McLaughlin,  Clara  P. 
McLaughlin,  Elizabeth 
McPherson,  James  A. 
McPherson,  jr.,  James  A. 


McPherson,  Maggie 
McPherson,  Minnie 
McPherson,  Sarah  G. 
Meader,  Margaret 
Mielenz,  Charles  F. 
Mielenz,  Clara 
Mielenz,  Florence 
Mielenz,  Ida 
Miller,  Adelbert 
Miller,  John 
Miller,  Julia  C. 
Mitchell,  Ann 
Mitchell,  George 
Mone,  Amanda  M. 
Moore,  Anna 
Moore,  Delia 
Moore,  Fannie 
Moran,  Ella 
More,  George  W. 
Moses,  Elizabeth 
Muckle,  Harry  L. 
Muckle,  Mary  B. 
Mulholland,  Charles  H. 
Mulholland,  Emily 
Mulholland,  Ellen 
Mulholland,  Kate  M. 
Outhet,  Annie 
Owens,  Frances 
Paddock,  Mary 
Paddock,  Orinda  E. 


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243 


Parent,  Rebecca 
Parnnel,  Mary 
Pattison,  John  A. 
Peterson,  Mary 
Pollard,  Catherine 
Pollard,  Fannie  E. 
Pollard,  Mary  F. 
Pollard,  Maria 
Pollock,  George  F. 
Pollock,  Isaac 
Pollock,  jr.,  James 
Pollock,  Lottie  L. 
Pollock,  Mellie 
Powell,  Mary 
Reichard,  Rosa 
Reichard,  Wallace  J. 
Reichard,  Charles  S. 
Reilly,  Joseph  E. 
Reilly,  Mrs.  Joseph  E. 
Reynolds,  Lottie 
Ripple,  Kate 
Roarke,  Kittie 
Roberts,  Sarah 
Robinson,  Margaret 
Robinson,  Mary 
Roth,  Charles  A. 
Roth,  Edith 
Roth,  Ida  F. 
Roth,  John  N. 
Roth,  Laura 
Roth,  Lewis  E. 


Roth,  Mary 
Roth,  William 
Ruth,  Edward 
Ruth,  John  A. 
Ruth,  Maggie 

oo 

Rylan,  Edwin 
Rylan,  Nellie 
Schermerhorn,  Catharine 
Schlachter,  Carrie  L. 
Schlachter,  Mary 
Sharp,  Augusta 
Sharp,  George  E. 
Sharp,  Minnie 
Sharp,  Oakley  \Y. 
Sharp,  Sarah 
Shaver,  Antoinette 
Shaver,  Charles 
Shaver,  Cornelia 
Shaver,  Jennie 
Sheldon,  Charity 
Sheldon,  I.  W. 
Sheldon,  Willis  I. 
Shepherd,  Hannah 
Sibley,  Carrie 
Sibley,  George 
Sibley,  Nettie 
Sibley,  Sarah 
Sibley,  Sarah  A. 
Sibley,  U.  H. 
Sickler,  Maria 
Simmons,  Carrie 


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Simmons,  Willard 
Simpson,  Francis 
Simpson,  Hattie  V. 
Sliter,  Augustus  D. 
Sliter,  Sarah  C. 
Smith,  Fannie 
Smith,  Hannah 
Smith,  Lillian  H. 
Smith,  William  E. 
Stone,  Isabella  H. 
Swart,  Elizabeth 
Swart,  Henry  G. 
Swart,  Mary 
Tate,  Lizzie 
Tate,  Tillie 
Taylor,  Freeman 
Taylor,  Katie  M. 
Thomas,  Amelia 
Thomas,  James  A. 
Thomas,  Leonard 
Thomas,  Isaac 
Thomas,  Robert  G. 
Thomas,  Rosanna 
Tompkins,  Bessie 
Tompkins,  Sarah  E. 
Tuttle,  Ely  H. 
Tuttle,  Jennie 
Utter,  Martha 
Vanderpool,  Eliza 
Van  Epps,  Lillie 
Van  Epps,  Harriet 
Van  Vranken,  Ida 
Van  Vranken,  Lillie  E. 
Vast,  Eva 


Vincent,  Jennie 
Vipond,  Leslie 
•Vipond,  Milton 
Vipond,  Rosena 
Vradenburgh,  Mary 
Wager,  Dexter  P. 
Wager,  Emma 
Wagar,  Jerusha 
Wagar,  William  N. 
Walker,  Henrietta 
Warner,  Josephine 
Weller,  Catharine  L. 
Wells,  Alfred 
Wells,  Christina  J, 
Wells,  Mary 
Wesson,  Glecia 
Wheeler,  Jessie  M. 
White,  Sanford  C. 
White,  Mrs.  Sanford  C. 
Wilcox,  Flora  L. 
Wilkes,  Alice 
Willis,  Julia 
Willey,  Sarah 
Willey,  Walter 
Wilson,  Anna 
Wilson,  Anna  M. 
Withey,  Kesiah 
Wood,  Isabella  C. 
Wood,  James  W. 
W  night,  Nellie 
Young,  Abner  J. 
Young,  Blanche 
Young,  Nancy  E. 
Yourt,  Charlotte 


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TRINITY   M.   E.  SUNDAY  SCHOOL,  1887-88. 

OFFICERS  : 

Rev.  John ,  W.   Bennett,  -    Pastor. 
Joseph   Hillman,  -  President. 

James  W.   Wood,  -   Superintendent. 
Israel  Bickford,   -  ist   Asst.    Superintendent. 

Charles  W.   Hulbert,  -   26.  Asst.  Superintendent. 
William   E.   Smith,  Secretary. 

Philip  F.   Hulbert,   -  ist  Asst.   Secretary. 

Miss   Nettie   Sibley,  2d  Asst.   Secretary. 

Miss   Minnie   McPherson,    3d   Asst.   Secretary. 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Fradenburgh,    4th  Asst.   Secretary. 
Howard   S.  Kennedy,  Treasurer. 

Marvin  Crannell,  Librarian. 

Fred.   Crawford,  ist  Asst.   Librarian. 

Eli  H.  Tuttle,  2d  Asst.   Librarian. 

Sheldon   J.  Clark,  -   3d  Asst.   Librarian. 
S.  C.  Hulbert,  Chorister. 

Carrie   Schwall,  -   Organist. 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Wood,  Teacher  Infant  Dept. 

Mrs.  E.  A.   Keating,  •  Asst.  Teacher  Infant  Dept. 

Mrs.   I.   Bickford,          ) 

AT        T  ~  n     (          Visitors  to  the   bick  and 

Mrs.  Jesse  Crannell, 

Mrs.  C.  W.   Hulbert,  )  Destitute. 

TEACHERS  : 

Harvey  Abrames,  Isaac  S.  Bussing, 

Stanton  P.  Allen,  Thomas  Campaigne, 

John  C.  Austin,  Adam  Clint, 

Fred.  Beiermeister,  jr.,         Jesse  Crannell, 
Thomas  Burney,  Robert  Davidson, 


246  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

Thomas  Edwards, 

William  H.  Edwards, 

George  W.  Fradenburgh, 

Lewis  E.  Hicks, 

William  H.  Manning, 

James  McCabe, 

Isaac  Pollock, 

Nicholas  H.  Sibley, 

William  H.  Wagar, 

Mrs.  S.  P.  Allen, 

Mrs.  I.  Bickford, 

Mrs.  J.  J.  Brimmer, 

Mrs.  W.  R.  Burdick, 

Mrs.  J.  CrannelL 

Emma  Crawford, 

Mrs.  M.  Curry, 

Mrs.  Robert  Davidson, 

Mrs.  P.  L.  Dow, 

Mrs.  G.  W.  Fradenburgh, 

Eliza  H.  Green, 

Mrs.  F.  O.  Green, 

Agnes  Harper, 

Mrs.  L.  E.  Hicks, 

Mrs.  C.  W.  Hulbert, 

Amanda  Kirchfield, 

Mrs.  James  A.  McPherson, 

Carrie  Schlachter, 

Augusta  Sharp, 

Mrs.  N.  H.  Sibley, 

Mrs.  William  E.  Smith, 

Mrs.  H.  G.  Swart, 

Mrs.  A.  Young, 

Ida  Van  Vranken, 

Mrs.  D.  P.  Wager. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

OFFICIAL  BOARD  OF  LEVINGS  CHURCH, 
1887-88. 

Rev.  C.  R.   Hawley,  Preacher  in  charge. 

William  Carr,      ) 

Local  Preachers. 
Richard  Danks,  ) 

CLASS  LEADERS  : 

Miss  Virginia  Craver,  William  Goeway, 

Silas  Downs,  Norman  Shaver, 

David  Dufty,  Henry  Suydam. 

STEWARDS  : 

A.  Bishop,  C.  J.  Herzog, 

Robert  Cole,  Joseph  H.  Her, 

Lewis  Craver,  Fred.  Jones, 

J.  Diggery,  Moses  Pagett, 

William  Goeway,  John  K.  Travell, 

Leonard  J.  Warner. 

TRUSTEES  : 

O.  W.  M.  Collier,  John  Dufty, 

P.  H.  Craver,  J.  H.  Her, 

Sidney  R.  Curtis,  James  Pennington, 

J.  Smith. 

John  Dufty,  Sunday-school  Superintendent. 


249 


250 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


MEMBERS 

Adams,  Mrs.  F. 
Aldrich,  E.  R. 
Aldrich,  Eveline 
Aldrich,  Minnie 
Allen,  Walter 
Anderson,  Annie 
Bailey,  Harriet 
Bishop,  Albert  J. 
Bishop,  Emily 
Brooks,  Hannah 
Brooks,  Samuel 
Burd,  Thomas 
Caddie,  Bessie 
Carr,  Sarah  A. 
Carr,  William 
Carver,  C.  L. 
Carver,  Jane 
Carver,  Jennie 
Chambers,  John 
Chambers,  Mary  A. 
Clarkson,  Annie 
Claydon,  Charles 
Cole,  Robert 
Cole,  Susan 
Cole,  Thomas  C. 
Collier,  Elizabeth 
Cooper,  Ann 


OF  LEVINGS  CHURCH, 
1887-88. 

Crandall,  John  N. 
Crandall,  Mrs.  John  N. 
Craver,  Alice 
Craver,  Hattie  C. 
Craver,  Lewis 
Craver,  P.  H. 
Craver,  Virginia 
Crowmer,  Elizabeth 
Crowther,  Annie 
Curtis,  Abbie 
Curtis,  Annie 
Curtis,  Horace 
Curtis,  Jane  B. 
Curtis,  Jessie  M. 
Curtis,  S.  R. 
Dabell,  Ellen 
Danks,  Delia 
Danks,  Frank 
Danks,  John 
Danks,  Richard 
De  Freest,  Harriet 
De  Freest,  Matthew 
Diggery,  C. 
Diggery,  John 
Diggery,  Minnie 
Doll,  Lucretia 
Downs,  Caroline 


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Downs,  Flint  W. 
Downs,  Silas 
Dufty,  Alice 
Dufty,  Besey 
Dufty,  David 
Dufty,  John 
Dufty,  Mary 
Dunbar,  John 
Dunbar,  Maggie 
Dunbar,  Mary 
Eaton,  John 
Ensign,  Mary 
Ensign,  Pierce 
Finkle,  John 
Finkle,  Mrs.  John 
Frank,  Catharine 
Frank,  Stephen 
Frank,  Leah 
French,  Leah 
French,  S.  W. 
Gardner,  Daniel 
Gardner,  Dow 
Gardner,  Eliza 
Gardner,  Emma 
Gardner,  Minnie 
Goeway,  William 
Graham,  Eva 
Gregg,  Lizzie 
Gregg,  Samuel 
Groves,  Alice 


Groves,  Edward 
Harris,  Ida 
Harris,  William  M. 
Hassell,  James 
Hassell,  Samuel 
Hawley,  Asa 
Haywood,  Clara 
Haywood,  Sarah 
Haywood,  William 
Herriott,  Alphonzo 
Herriott,  Delia 
Herzog,  C.  J. 
Herzog,  Emma  L. 
Holland,  Frank 
Her,  Amanda  B. 
Her,  Edith 
Her,  Eva 
Her,   Irene 
Her,  Joseph  H. 
Her,  Lottie 
Her,  Lydia 
Her,  Mary 
Her,  Martin 
Her,  Philetus, 
Ingram,  Harriet 
Job,  Esther 
Johnson,  Samuel 
Jones,  Eliza 
Jones,  Fred. 
Kirkbride,  Margaret 


252 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Kirkbride,  Mary 
Kirkbride,  Sarah 
Kirkbride,  Wilson 
Kittridge,  Clarissa 
Lewis,  Abbie 
Lewis,  Peter  N. 
Marble,  Jane 
McFarlin,  Catherine 
McKay,  Catherine 
McK night,  Mattie 
Merrich,  Alice  A. 
Migard,  John 
Millington,  Margaret 
Millington,  William 
Morton,  Sarah 
Morton,  William 
Myers,  Daniel 
Osborn,  Henry 
Osborn,  Sarah 
Osterhout,  Virginia 
Osterhout,  W.  A. 
Pagett,  Moses 
Pagett,  Mrs.  Moses. 
Pennington,  Ida 
Pennington,  James 
Pennington,  Mary 
Pennington,  William 
Pitcher,  George  S. 
Pitcher,  Martha 
Podmore,  Edward 


Potter,  John 
Potter,  Sarah 
Potter,  Sarah 
Powell,  Rachel 
Price,  Annie 
Price,  Charles 
Price,  Elizabeth 
Price,  Elizabeth 
Price,  Letitia 
Purdy,  Jennie 
Purdy,  John  H. 
Randall,  Gertrude 
Ratcliffe,  Samuel  F. 
Ratcliffe,  Sarah 
Ray,  Elizabeth 
Ray,  James 
Reid,  Isabella 
Richardson,  Phebe 
Robertson,  Jessie 
Robertson,  John 
Rogers,  Charles 
Rogers,  Maria  E. 
Rowley,  Sarah  A. 
Shaver,  Norman 
Simmons,  Eliza 
Smith,  Benjamin 
Smith,  Catharine 
Smith,  James 
Smith,  Jane 
Snyder,  Ida 


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Snyder,  James  E.  Wendell,  Ida 

Suydam,  Henry  Wendell,  Sarah 

Suydam,  Mary  Whitehurst,  Elizabeth 

Travell,  Elsie  Whitehurst,  James 

Travell,  Frances  Wilkinson,  Mrs.  E.  P. 

Travell,  John  K.  Willis,  Ambrose 

Trotman,  Ann  Winterbottom,  Alice 

Trotman,  Annie  Winterbottom,  George 

Trotman,  Richard  Wright,  Jemima 

Turnbull,  Robert  Wright,  Lavina 

Warner,  Jane  Wylie,  Thomas 

Warner,  Leonard  J.  Wylie,  Mrs.  Thomas 
Warner,  Minnie 


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METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


LEVINGS  M.  E.   SUNDAY  SCHOOL,  1887-88. 
OFFICERS  : 


Rev.  C.  R.  Hawley, 
Joseph  H.  Her, 
Sidney  R.  Curtis, 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Her,   - 
Edward  Podmore,   - 
George  E.  Bray,  - 
James  Pennington,  - 
John  H.  Danks,  - 
William  H.  S.  Cole, 
Sidney  R.  Curtis, 
Mrs.  Mary  J.  Herriott, 
Miss  Susie  Shaver, 
Miss  Ida  Pennington, 


-  Pastor. 
Superintendent. 

-  ist  Asst.  Superintendent. 
2d  Asst.  Superintendent 

-  Secretary. 
Asst.   Secretary. 

-  Librarian. 

i  st.  Asst.  Librarian. 

-  2d  Asst.  Librarian. 
Treasurer. 

Superintend't  Infant  Dept 
Asst.  Supt.  Infant  Dept 

-  Organist. 


TEACHERS 

Alphonzo  Herriott,  Mrs. 

Moses  Pagett,  Mrs. 

Norman  Shaver,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Albert  J.  Bishop,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Thomas  C.  Cole,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  John  N.  Crandall,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Philip  H.  Craver,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Sidney  R.  Curtis,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  William  Dunning,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  Charles  Edwards,  Mrs. 

Mrs.  David  Graham,  Mrs. 


Samuel  Kirkbride, 
George  Kittridge, 
Peter  N.  Lewis, 
James  Pennington, 
John  H.  Purdy, 
James  E.  Snyder 
James  Smith, 
John  K.  Travell, 
E.  P.  Wilkinson, 
Martin  Williams, 
George  Winterbottom. 


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OFFICIAL  BOARD  OF  GR  ACE  (VAIL  AVE.)  CHURCH. 

1887-88. 

Rev.  J.   L.  Atwell.   -  Preacher  in  Charge. 

J.  Nelson  Wooster,  Local  Preacher. 

CLASS  LEADERS  : 

Justin  A.  Ames,  Z.  B.  Davis, 

George  F.  Bond,  Ira  P.  Humphrey, 

Lorenzo  Burch,  E.  B.  Sherwood, 

J.  Nelson  Wooster. 

STEWARDS  : 

Chester  Bascom,  J.  Glasson, 

Wells  Bennett,  I.  Nichols, 

George  W.  Carnrick,  Albert  E.  Palmer, 

Zerah  B.  Davis,  Fred  D.  Vandervoort, 

E.  Foster,  Walter  Wheeler,  M. 

E.  A.  Fry,  William  Wheeler, 

Henry  E.  Young. 

E.  A.  Fry,  Recording  Steward. 

George  W.  Carnrick,  District  Steward 

TRUSTEES  : 

Justin  A.  Ames,  Peter  Carnrick, 

H,  Clay  Bascom,  Benjamin  Cooper, 

George  E.  Blake,  Nanning  Lousing, 

Urwin   D.   Sterry. 

H.  Clay  Bascom,     Sunday-school  Superintendent. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


MEMBERS  OF  GRACE  (VAIL  AVENUE)  CHURCH, 

1887-88. 


Abrams,  Jane 
Abrams,  Louisa 
Adams,  Joseph  E. 
Allen,  Ida 
Ames,  Frank  W. 
Ames,  Justin  A. 
Ames,  Lydia  A. 
Anderson.  Mary 
Anthony,  Celinda 
Anthony,  William  A. 
Armstrong,  Annie 
Armstrong,  Mamie 
Armstrong,  Mary  E. 
Armstrong,  William 
Armstrong,  Willie 
Atwell,  Carrie  W. 
Atwell,  Richard  W. 
Augur,  Alida 
Bartholomew,  Julia 
Bartholomew,  William 
Bartlett,  Annie  E. 
Bartlett,  Arthur 
Bartlett,  Edward 
Bartlett,  Lillie 


Bascom,  Bertha  A. 
Bascom,  Chester 
Bascom,  Ellen  Forbes 
Bascom,  George  C. 
Bascom,  Helen  A. 
Bascom,  H.  Clay 
Bascom,  Jessie  L. 
Bascom,  Laura 
Bascom,  Lucy 
Bassler,  Eva 
Beck  with,  George 
Beckwith,  Jennie 
Beckwith,  Nora  C. 
Belding,  Mary  A. 
Bell,  Amy 
Bell,  John 
Bennett,  Electa 
Bennett,  Ruth 
Bennett,  Wells 
Bentley,  Hattie 
Bishop,  Cora  A. 
Bissell,  Mary  J. 
Bissell,  Sarah  Ann 
Bissell,  William 


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Blake,  Eva 
Blake,  George  E. 
Blake,  Mary 
Bond,  Alice  M. 
Bond,  Bessie 
Bond,  George  F. 
Bonesteel,  Jeremiah 
Bonesteel,  Louisa  A. 
Bout,  Joan 
Bout,  John 
Bout,  Ralph 
Bowers,  Harriet 
Bowers,  Seneca  D. 
Bowman,  Emma  A. 
Boycott,  Catherine  F. 
Boycott,  Rosanna  F. 
Boycott,  William 
Carlton,  Jane  M. 
Carnrick,  Diana  L. 
Carnrick,  Elizabeth 
Carnrick,  Ella  A. 
Carnrick,  George  W. 
Carnrick,  Peter 
Carr,  Caroline 
Carrier,  Addie 
Carrier,  George 
Chappie,  Horace 
Chappie,  Sarah 
Cheles,  Hannah 
Chesbro,  Albert 


Chesbro,  Amelia 
Chesbro,  Emma 
Chesbro,  Nellie 
Christie,  William 
Clark,  Alida 
Clark,  Calvin  H. 
Clark,  Ella 
Clark,  Emma 
Clark,  Maria 
Clark,  Myron 
Clark,  Stella 
Clary,  Belsora 
Cleminshaw,  George 
Combs,  Caroline 
Combs,  Charles 
Combs,  Susan 
Combs,  Susie 
Combs,  William 
Connor,  Mary 
Cookingham,  Elizabeth 
Cookingham,  John  M. 
Coonradt,  Charles  M. 
Coonradt,  Jonas 
Coonradt,  Sarah  S. 
Cooper,  Anna  F. 
Cooper,  Benjamin 
Cooper,  Lucy  M. 
Cottrell,  Eliza 
Crandall,  Ella  M. 
Crandall,  Theodore 


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METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Davenport,  S, 
Davis,  Mary  A. 
Davis,  Zerah  B. 
Davison,  Ellen  C. 
Davison,  Hugh  B. 
Davison,  John  J. 
Davison,  Mary  E. 
Didlock,  Bertha 
Dowd,  Helen  M. 
Dummer,  H.  B. 
Dummer,  Sylvia  S. 
Duncan,  George  H. 
Duncan,  Mary  E.  B. 
Dusenberry,  Alice 
Dusenberry,  Eddie 
Dusenberry,  Kate 
Dutcher,  Anna 
Dutcher,  Jennie 
Dutcher,  Oscar  C. 
Dwyer,  Alonzo 
Elkenburgh,  Berdella 
Emerson,  George  L. 
Emerson,  Ida  May 
Emerson,  Nettie 
Engel,  Ida 
Engel,  William  H. 
Falkner,  Sarah 
Fallen,  Henry  D. 
Flynn,  Mary 
Ford,  D.  L. 


Ford,  Jane  M. 
Fosmyer,  Clara 
Foster,  Egbert 
Foster,  Kate 
Frank,  David 
Frank,  Mary  E. 
Fry,  Edwin  A. 
Fry,  Kate 
Fry,  Nettie 
Gates,  Addie 
Gates,  John  F. 
Gillette,  Burt  \V. 
Gillies,  Alexander 
Gillies,  Mary 
Glasson,  Agnes  A. 
Glasson,  Eddie  J. 
Glasson,  John 
Glasson,  William  H0 
Green,  Charles  D. 
Green,  Henry  L, 
Green,  Jennie 
Green,  jr.,  Joseph 
Green,  Rosa 
Greenwood,  Mary 
Greenwood,  William  H.  H. 
Gritmon,  Alice 
Gritmon,  Walter 
Groat,  Cecilia 
Groat,  Charles 
Guenther,  Charles 


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261 


Guenther,  Naomi 
Haight,  Frank 
Hamer,  Angelina 
Hancox,  Elizabeth 
Hancox,  Estella 
Hancox,  Isaac 
Hancox,  Joseph 
Hancox,  Joseph  H 
Hancox,  Lizzie 
Hancox,  Nellie 
Hancox,  Rebecca 
Hancox,  William  E. 
Harmans,  Frank 
Harmans,  Libbie 
Hart,  Charles  W. 
Hart,  Harriet 
Hart,  Mertie 
Haviland,  Georgiana 
Hawley,  Cora 
Hawley,  Kate 
Hawley,  Marion 
Hennessy,  Mary 
Herrick,  Georgiana 
Herrick,  Alice 
Herring,  Carrie  E. 
Herring,  Florence 
Herring,  Henry  E. 
Herring,  Sarah  E. 
Herrington,  Henry 
Herrington,  Orlena 


Hodges,  George  C. 
Holmes,  Addie 
Holmes,  Edward 
Holt,  Kittie 
Homer,  William  K. 
Horning,  Mary 
Horton,  Alice 
Horton,  Eva  C. 
Howard,  Caroline 
Howard,  Kate 
Howard,  Harriet  H. 
Howe,  Philander  A. 
Hull,  Mary  C. 
Humphrey,  Ira  P. 
Humphrey,  Jessie 
Hunt,  Hattie 
Huyck,  Anna  F. 
Huyck,  Francis 
Huyck,  Jennie  N. 
Imeson,  Alida 
Jones,  Sarah 
Jordan,  William 
Kendall,  Clara 
Kenter,  Sarah  J. 
Kling,  Margaret  E, 
Knauf,  Hattie 
Kronick,  Emma 
Kronick,  Mary, 
Kronick,  John  M. 
Lake,  Laura 


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Lansing,  Anna  J. 
Lansing,  Mary  A. 
Lansing,  Nanning 
Lasher,  William  P 
Lazarus,  Ada 
Lee,  Calista 
Lee,  Minnie 
Lee,  Thomas 
Litty,  Frank 
Litty,  John 
Litty,  Sarah 
Lock  wood,  Etta 
Loomis,  Georgiana 
Lowe,  Eliza 
Lynk,  Nancy 
Lynk,  William 
Mace,  Anna 
Mace,  Grace  V. 
Mace,  Ida  E. 
Mace,  Jessie  G. 
Mace,  John 
Mace,  Maggie  L. 
Mambert,  Harrison 
Mambert,  Lottie 
Mann,  Fanny  M. 
Mann,  Maria 
Mann,  O. 

McChesney,  Hester 
McCrea,  David  N. 
McCrea,  Jane 


McCrea,  William 
McDonald,  John 
McDonald,  Mary 
McGill,  Anna 
McGill,  James 
McGill,  Susan 
McKeever,  Elizabeth 
McKeever,  William 
McKinney,  John  H. 
McKinney,  Joseph 
McKinney,  Susan 
McLean,  Elizabeth 
McLean,  George 
McNiven,  Jane  H. 
McNiven,  Malcom 
McPherson,  Catharine 
Mead,  Mary 
Mead,  Zechariah 
Mealey,  Milford 
Mealey,  Susan 
Mickle,  Alsada 
Mickle,  Annie 
Mickle,  Hattie 
Mickle,  Isaac 
Mickle,  Jennie 
Mickle,  Kate  E. 
Mickle,  Mary 
Middleton,  Emma  F. 
Middleton,  Maggie  S. 
Middleton,  Sophia  N. 


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263 


Miller,  Emma 
Miller,  Jennie 
Milliman,  Alida 
Mix,  Carrie 
Mix,  Harriet  R. 
Mix,  Silas  C. 
Moon,  Jennie 
Moon,  John  E. 
Moon,  Sarah  J. 
Moore,  Lillian 
Morris,  Sarah 
Morse,  Caroline 
Morse,  Lewis  T. 
Mosenus,  Henry  M. 
Myers,  Carrie 
Neal,  Marietta 
Nessels,  Ratie 
Nichols,  Elizabeth  H. 
Nichols,  Emma 
Nichols,  Isaac 
Nichols,  Ruby 
Nickerson,  Hattie 
Nickerson,  Nettie  E. 
Niles,  Irene 
Norsworthy,  Emma 
Northrup,  Addie  S. 
O'Reilly,  Ella 
Osborne,  Hettie 
Osborne,  Jane  D. 
Osborne,  John 


Ostrander,  Gideon 
Ostrander,  Sarah  A. 
Palmer,  Albert  E. 
Palmer,  Emma 
Palmer,  Harriet 
Palmer,  James 
Parkiss,  Lottie  M. 
Pasko,  Mary 
Paul,  Bertha 
Paul,  Catharine 
Paul,  Philip 
Peck,  Athelia  N. 
Peck,  William  E, 
Philp,  Helen  M. 
Pilling,  Elizabeth 
Pinney,  Ann  E. 
Pinney,  Cyrus 
Plumb,  Lena 
Plumb,  Walter  D, 
Pollock,  Jane 
Pollock,  John  A. 
Pollock,  jr.,  John  A. 
Prankard,  Carrie 
Prankard,  Frances 
Pratt,  Helen  F. 
Pratt,  Lulu  May 
Proper,  Cornelia 
Quackenbush,  Alice 
Quackenbush,  Emma  E. 
Raibdey,  Christopher 


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METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Raibdey,  Dora 
Raibdey,  Frank 
Raibdey,  Jacob 
Raibdey,  May 
Raibdey,  William 
Reed,  Luther  E. 
Reed,  Martha  J. 
Rhul,  Columbia 
Richardson,  Elizabeth  M. 
Richardson,  Lena  M. 
Ridgeway,  Albion 
Ridgeway,  Emma  J. 
Ridgeway,  Joseph 
Ridgeway,  William 
Rifenbergh,  Frances  H. 
Rifenbergh,  Willis  B. 
Rogers,  Cornelia 
Rogers,  S.  Frank 
Rowe,  Ella 
Ruth,  Carrie 
Ruth,  George  A 
Rynders,  Harriet  E. 
Rynders,  Isaiah 
Rynders,  Lottie 
Salisbury,  Sarah  E. 
Sanderson,  Emma 
Sayers,  Emma  J. 
Sayers,  Charles  J. 
Seller,  Bertha 
Sendell,  Emma  J. 


Shafer,  C.  E. 
Sharp,  Libbie 
Shaver,  Margaret  A. 
Sheffer,  Chauncey  P. 
Sheffer,  Jennie 
Sherman,  Sarah  J. 
Sherwood,  E.  B. 
Shires,  Hattie, 
Shires,  Rebecca 
Simmons,  Annie 
Simmons,  Lizzie 
Skane,  Patrick  F. 
Smith,  Anna 
Smith,  Benjamin  R. 
Smith,  Ida  M. 
Smith,  Jennie 
Smith,  John 
Smith,  Mary 
Smith,  Mary 
Smith,  Susannah 
Snyder,  Mary 
Southwick,  I.  W. 
Sterry,  Eva 
Sterry,  Nancy 
Sterry,  Urwin  D. 
Stevens,  Mary  A. 
Stevens,  Mary  E. 
Taylor,  Anna  A. 
Taylor,  Ella  J. 
Taylor,  George 


METHODISM    IN   TROY. 


Taylor,  William  G. 
Thorn,  Salina 
Thornton,  Angelica 
Thornton,  William  H. 
Titus,  Hattie 
Titus,  Thomas  A. 
Tyler,  Perry  D. 
Uline,  Jonathan  N. 
Van  Benschoten,  Elizabeth 
Van  Benschoten,  Jacob 
Vandervoort,  Abbie  J. 
Vandervoort,  Adrian 
Vandervoort,  Anna 
Vandervoort,  Charles 
Vandervoort,  Fred.  D. 
Van  Deusen,  John  P. 
Van  Deusen,  Mary  E. 
Van  Deusen,  William 
Van  Vleck,  Elizabeth  W. 
Van  Vorst,  Cyntha. 
Van  Vorst,  Juliette 
Vines,  Mary 
Ward,  Annie 
Ward,  Charles 
Warwick,  Emily 
Weaver,  Elizabeth 
Wheat,  Esther  A. 
Wheat,  Theressa 
Wheeler,  Addie 
Wheeler,  Dennis 


Wheeler,  George 
Wheeler,  Grace 
Wheeler,  Lafayette 
Wheeler,  Laura 
Wheeler,  Mary 
Wheeler,  Maryett 
Wheeler,  Orlin 
Wheeler,  Sarah 
Wheeler,  Walter  M. 
Wheeler,  William 
Whitehouse,  John  H. 
Whitehouse,  Mary  A. 
Wick  wire,  Margaret 
Willets,  Daniel 
Willets,  Eliza 
Willets,  Hannah 
Willets,  John 
Willets,  John  H. 
Willets,  Job 
Willets,  Lizzie 
Willets,  Martha 
Willets,  Mary  A. 
Willets,  Mary 
Willets,  Rosa 
Willets,  Thomas 
Williams,  Minnie 
Willis,  Margaret 
Willis,  Mary  J. 
Windsor,  Blanche 
Windsor,  William 


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Windsor,  Zerina  Wooster,  Minnie  K. 

Winne,  Ann  Eliza  Wooster,  Nettie, 

Winne,  Daniel  R.  Yetts,  Nellie  J. 

Wood,  Hattie  E.  Young,  Annie  M. 

Wood,  Thomas  Young,  Henry  E. 
Wooster,  J.  Nelson 


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GRACE  (VAIL  AVE.)M.  E.SUNDAY  SCHOOL,  1837-! 


OFFICERS  : 


Rev.  J.  L.  Atwell, 
H.  Clay  Bascom, 
George  W.  Carnrick, 
Mrs.  Mary  Greenwood, 
J.  Herbert  Blake, 
Walter  D.   Plumb, 
Nanning   Lansing, 
George  H.  Bristol,    - 
F.  Hermans, 
Mrs.  Orlin  Wheeler, 
John  Davison, 
Joseph   Hancox,        j 
Luther  E.  Reed, 
Abram  Lansing,       \- 
WilliamE.  Hancox, 
Merritt   Horton, 
Mrs.  Peter  Carnrick, 
Mrs.  J.  T.  Quackenbush, 
Mrs.  Electa  Bennett, 
Mrs.  George  A.  Ruth, 
Mattie  Mickle,      - 


Pastor. 

Superintendent. 

Asst.  Superintendent. 

Female  Asst.  Supt. 

Secretary. 

Asst.  Secretary. 

Treasurer. 

Prest.  Missio'ry  Society. 

Chorister. 

Organist. 

Librarian. 


Asst.  Librarians. 


Supt.  of  Primary  Dp't. 
Asst.Supt. Primary  Dp't. 
Asst.Supt.Primary  Dp't. 
Secretary  Primary  Dp't. 
Organist  Primary  Dp't. 


TEACHERS  : 


Rev.  J.  L.  Atwell, 
Chester  Bascom, 
William  Bissell. 
George  E.  Blake, 
W.  H.  Brown, 
Mr.  John  Mace, 
A.  E.  Palmer, 
J.  Nelson  Wooster, 
Annie  Armstrong, 
Anna  Atwell, 
Jessie  L.  Bascom, 
Mrs.  H.  C.  Bascom, 
Mrs.  George  E.  Blake, 
Phoebe   Brittle, 


Mrs.  W.  H.  Brown, 
Mrs.  Helen  M.  Dowd, 
Mrs.  E.  Foster, 
Lizzie   Hancox, 
Mrs.  Mary  C.  Hull, 
Jennie   N.  Huyck, 
Emma  Kronick, 
Mrs.  N.  Lansing, 
Ratie  Nessels, 
Mrs.   McPherson, 
Mrs.  Helen  M.  Philp, 
Mary  Smith, 
Cynthia  Van  Vorst, 
Minnie   K.  Wooster. 


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MEMBERS  OF  OFFICIAL  BOARD  OF  THE  FIRST 
GERMAN   CHURCH,  1887-88. 

OFFICERS: 

Rev.  W.   H.  Kurth,  -        Preacher  in  Charge,  1887-88. 
Rev.  Fred'k  W.  Boese,  -  Preacher  in  Charge,  1888-89. 

F.  Beiermeister,  sr.,  Local   Preacher. 

W.   Hess,  sr.,  ) 

-   hxnorters. 

G.  J.  Xander,  ) 

CLASS  LEADERS  : 

F.  Beiermeister,  sr.,  Rev.  W.  H.  Kurth, 

W.  Hess,  sr.,  G.  J.  Xander. 

STEWARDS  : 

F.  Eppelle,  sr.,  J.  Keller, 

A.  Fischer,  H.  Kreiss, 

H.  Hass,  H.  Schmah, 

W.  Hess,  sr.,  H.  Warnken. 

TRUSTEES  : 

F.  Beiermeister,  sr.,  H.  Kreiss, 

F.  Eppelle,  L.  Richter 

W.  Hess,  sr.,  P.  Ruth, 

J.  Keller,  L.  Schaal, 

G.  J.  Xander. 

Julius  Keller,  Sunday-school  Superintendent. 


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MEMBERS  OF  THE  FIRST  GERMAN  CHURCH, 
1887-88. 


Bachmann,  Julia 
Bantel,  Emma 
Bantel,  Louise 
Beiermeister,  Andreas 
Beiermeister,  Anna 
Beiermeister,  Barbara 
Beiermeister,  Caroline 
Beiermeister,  Eva 
Beiermeister,  Friederich 
Beiermeister,  John 
Berger,  Christina 
Bethmann,  Elisabeth 
Boehm,  August 
Boehm,  Auguste 
Boehm,  Bertha 
Bosse,  Catharine 
Bosse,  Kilian 
Buechel,  Conrad 
Buechel,  M. 
Dock,  Christian 
Dock,  Dora 
Dock,  Elisabeth 
Dock,  Lena 
Dock,  Michael 


Dreger,  Anna 
Eppelle,  sr.,  Auguste 
Eppelle,  jr.,  Auguste 
Eppelle,  sr.,  Erank 
Eppelle,  jr.,  Frank 
Etschel,  Elisabeth 
Etschel,  Elonora 
Feininger,  Wilhelmina 
Finder,  Lydia 
Finder,  William 
Fischer,  Albert 
Fischer,  Friederike 
Foungart,  Catharine 
Gaige,  August 
Gaige,  Louisa 
Gall,  Heinrich 
Gall,  Maria 
Gapp,  Frieclrich 
Gapp,  Louisa 
Gauss,  Catharine 
Glominski,  Louisa 
Grouer,  Heinrich 
Grouer,  Maria 
Gussmann,  Ernstine 


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METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Gussmann,  Heinrich 
Hamele,  David 
Hamele,  Friederike 
Hass,  Emilie 
Hass,  Heinrich 
Heineke,  Richard 
Helblino-,  Emilie 

o 

Hermann,  Julia 
Herter,  Louis 
Herter,  M. 
Hess,  Alvina 
Hess,  sr.,  Wendel 
Hess,  jr.,  Wendel 
Hoffmeister,  Heinrich 
Huff,  Margarethe 
Keller,  Julias 
Keller,  Maria 
Kirchfeld,  Amanda 
Kirchfeld,  Barbara 
Kreiss,  Caroline 
Kreiss,  Elisabeth 
Kreiss,  sr.,  Heinrich 
Kreiss,  jr.,  Heinrich 
Kuehn,  Ludwina 
Kurth,  Sophia 
Kurth,  William  J. 
Lucht,  Julia 
Meyer,  Elisabeth 
Meyer,  Jakob 
Meyer,  Margarethe 


Milenz,  Salome 
Miller,  Dorothea 
Miller,  John 
Moeske,  Albert 
Moeske,  Anna 
Muench,  Mary 
Nehrdich,  Johanna 
Nehrdich,  John 
Noll,  Carl  C. 
Noll,  Ernstine 
Prell,  Henriette 
Rabe,  Martha 
Raisch,  Maria 
Renz,  Christina 
Richter,  Emilie 
Richter,  Ida 
Richter,  Louis 
Roeck,  Ernst 
Roeck,  Maria 
Rosa,  Catharine 
Rosa,  Moritz 
Ruth,  Caroline 
Ruth,  Peter 
Schaal,  Christina 
Schaal,  Louis 
Schaibel,  Adam 
Schaibel,  Anna 
Schaibel,  Christian 
Schaibel,  Maria 
Schilling,  Elisabeth 


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273 


Schlachter,  Elias 
Schlachter,  Helene 
Schmah,  Heinrich 
Schmah,  Mina 
Schmidt,  Rosolie 
Scholl,  Caroline 
Schoneig,  Carl 
Schulz,  Anna 
Schultz,  Gottlob 
Seewald,  Anna . 
Seewald,  Carl 
Seewald,  Elisabeth 
Seewald,  Katie 
Seidel,  Rev.  J.  F. 
Seidel,  Wilhelmine 
Seissing,  Lena 
Severin,  Louisa 


Stockly,  Anna  M. 
Stockly,  Elisabeth 
Teuscher,  Jacobine 
Von  Eck,  Simon 
Wack,  Anna 
Wacker,  Charles 
Wacker,  Elisabeth 
Wagner,  Maria 
Warnken,  Georgiana 
Warnken,  Hermann 
VVeibel,  Eliza 
Weibel,  John 
Xander,  Friederike 
Xander,  Gottlob  J. 
Xander,  Magdalene 
Zahn, Ida 


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SUNDAY  SCHOOL  OF  THE  FIRST  GERMAN  M.  E. 
CHURCH,  1887-88. 


OFFICERS  : 


Rev.  \V.  H.  Kurth, 

Julius   Keller, 

F.  Beiermeister,  sr., 

Henry  Gall, 

John  Beiermeister, 

Henry  Kreiss,  jr., 


Pastor. 

Superintendent. 
Asst.  Superintendent. 
Secretary. 
Treasurer. 
Librarian. 


TEACHERS  : 


Andrew  Beiermeister, 
Frank  Eppelle, 
Fred.  Gapp, 
Henry  Hass, 
Wendel  Hess,  sr., 
Wendel,  Hess,  jr., 
Henry  Hoffmeister, 
Henry  Kreiss,  sr., 
Louis  Richter, 
Henry  Schmah, 


Hermann  Warnken, 
Gottlob  J.  Xander, 
Anna  M.  Beiermeister, 
Emma  Bantel, 
Auguste  Eppelle, 
Libbie  Etschel, 
Amanda  Kirchfeld, 
Carrie  Kreiss, 
Anna  Schulz, 
Anna  Seewald. 


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MEMBERS  OF  THE  OFFICIAL  BOARD  OF  ZION 
CHURCH,  1887-88. 

Rev.  Samuel  C.  Birchmore,  Preacher  in  charge,  1 887-88. 
Rev.  George  E.  Smith,        Preacher  in  charge,  1888-89. 


CLASS  LEADERS  : 
C.  T.  Gidney,  William  A.  Scott. 

STEWARDS  : 
Richard  Kelly,  William  Kemp. 

TRUSTEES  : 

William  S.  Archer,  Perry  M.  Jackson, 

John  H.  Bishop,  Hansel  Kemp, 

William  E.  H.  Bishop,  John  H.  Kemp, 

James  H.  Davis,  William  Kemp, 

Charles  T.  Gidney,  Philip  Owens, 

John  H.  Hooper,  William  H.  Pettiford. 

TRUSTEES  IN  TRUST  : 
J.  Hillman,  E.  O.  House,  H.  C.  Curtis. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY 


MEMBERS  OF  ZION  CHURCH, 
"1887-88. 


Anderson,  Mary- 
Anthony,  Andrew 
Archer,  Nancy 
Blrchmore,  Mary  E. 
Bishop,  Elizabeth  M. 
Bishop,  Flora 
Bishop,  H.  E. 
Bishop,  John  H. 
Bishop,  Sarah  M. 
Bishop,  William  E.  H. 
Brown,  Anna 
Butler,  Hannah 
Champlain,  Priscilla 
Chew,  Daniel  B. 
Chew,  Mary  J. 
Christian,  Mary 
Churchill,  Alice 
Davis,  James  H. 
Davis,  Louisa  J. 
Demery,  Sabrina 
Dolby,  James 
Ellick,  Mary  V. 
Gidney,  Charles  T. 
Gidney,  Harriet  A. 


Hatch,  Louisa 
Helms,  Francis 
Jackson,  Hettie  A. 
Jackson,  Levinia 
Jackson,  Martha 
Jackson,  Matilda 
Jackson,  Perry  M. 
Jones,  Sarah 
Kelly,  Matilda 
Kelly,  Nancy 
Kelly,  Richard 
Kemp,  Hansel 
Kemp,  Indianna 
Kemp,  John  H. 
Kemp,  Lucy 
Kemp,  Margaret 
Kemp,  Marietta 
Kemp,  Nancy 
Kemp,  Rosa 
Kemp,  Sally 
Kemp,  Sarah 
Kemp,  William 
Lindsay,  Sarah 
Livingston,  Levinia 


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McClellan,  Catharine 
McDougall,  Charlotte 
McDougall,  R.  H. 
Mesick,  Rosannah 
Miller,  Lucy 
Moore,  Susan 
Parker,  Delia 
Peterman,  Ida  M. 
Peterson,  Mary  J. 
Rice,  Margaret 
Schoolmacher,  Nettie 
Scott,  Mary  A. 
Scott,  William  A. 
Simmons,  Cecelia 
Simmons,  Theodore 
Simms,  George  J. 


Smalley,  Phebia 
Smith,  Birdie 
Survoy,  Ellen 
Thomas,  Emma 
Thompson,  Phebe  A. 
Thompson,  Samuel 
Thompson,  Sarah  B. 
Titus,  John  F. 
Van  Buren,  Florence 
Van  Buren,  Estelle 
Van  Slyck,  Samuel 
Van  Slyck,  Sarah 
Williams,  Susan  H. 
Winfield,  Charles 
Witbeck,  Mary  J  „ 


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METHODISM    IN   TROY. 


SUNDAY  SCHOOL  OF  A  M.  E.  ZION  CHURCH, 

1887-88. 


OFFICERS  : 
Rev.   Samuel  C.  Birchmore,  Superintendent. 


Miss  Emma  Burtis, 

Andrew  Kelly, 

Mrs.  Mary  E.  Birchmore, 

Max.  R.  Lippin, 

Nellie  Birchmore, 

Perry  M.  Jackson, 

Mrs.  Elizabeth   M.    Bishop, 


Asst.  Superintendent. 

Secretary. 

Treasurer. 

Librarians. 

Chorister. 
Organist. 


TEACHERS: 

Rev.  Samuel  C.  Birchmore, 
James  H.  Davis, 
Mrs.  Mary  E.  Birchmore, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  M.  Bishop, 
Miss  Emma  Burtis, 
Mrs.  Martha  Jackson. 


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(Represented  in  the  opposite  Engraving. ) 

1.  Rev.  Lorenzo  Barber,       1861,  Albia. 

2.  Rev.  M.  Alverson  Senter,  1868-70,        Third  Street. 

3.  Rev.  George  J.  Brown,     1877-79,         State  Street. 

4.  Rev.  E.  S.  Stout,  1859,        Levings  Chapel. 

5.  Rev.  Zebulon  Phillips,      1860,         Levings  Chapel. 

6.  Rev.  Stephen  D.  Brown,  1851-52,  1864,      State  St. 

1 853-54,  N.  Second  Street. 

7.  Rev.  Benjamin  Pomeroy,  1848, North  Second  Street. 

8.  Rev.  Ira  G.  Bidwell,          1 860-61,         State  Street. 

9.  Rev.  Seymour  Coleman,  1853-54,  Congress  Street. 

"  "  "         1861-62,          North  Troy. 

10.  Rev.  Lorenzo  Dow,  1798,  Troy. 

11.  Rev.  Elijah  Chichester,     1805,  Troy. 

12.  Rev.  J.  Newland  Maffitt,  1846,  (Revival),  State  St. 

13.  Rev.  Ensign  Stover,          1 865-67,  Congress  Street. 

1868,  Vail  Avenue. 

14.  Rev.  Ephraim  Goss,          1 85 1-52,  Congress  Street. 

"  "  1859-60,        Third  Street. 

1 5.  Rev   Samuel  Howe,          1802,  Troy. 

1 6.  Rev.  Tobias  Spicer,  i8i5-i6,         State  Street. 

"  1 85 2,         Levings  Chapel. 

17.  Rev.  Desevignia  Starks,  1860-63,  P«  E.  Troy  Dist. 

1 8.  Rev.  Allen  Steele,  1847-48,          State  Street. 

19.  Rev.  Noah  Levings,          1834-35,  1842,      State  St. 

1839,      North  Second  St. 

20.  Rev.  Truman  Seymour,    1836-37,         State  Street. 

21.  Rev. Sanford  Washburn,  1846-47, 1 860-6 1,  N.  2d St. 

22.  Rev.  William  Bedell,        1874  76,  Levings  Chapel. 

23.  Rev.  Berea  O.  Meeker,     1 85 1-52,  North  Second  St. 

24.  Rev.  Alfred  A.  Farr,         1849-50,  Congress  Street. 

25.  Rev.E.Wentworth,D.D.,i862-64,  North  Second  St. 

1 865-67,         State  Street, 

26.  Rev.  David  P.  Hulburd.  1861-62,  Congress  Street. 


DECEASED  METHODIST  MINISTERS. 

Formerly  preaching  in  Troy.  N.  Y. 


METHODISM    IN    TROY. 


285 


NAMES  OF  DECEASED  MINISTERS 
Arnold,  Smith          died 
Barber,  Lorenzo          " 
Bates,  Merritt 
Bedell,  W. 
Bidwell,  Ira  G. 
Bigelow,  Noah  " 

Brown,  George  |. 
Brown,  S.  D. 
Chichester,  Elijah 
Clark,  Laban  " 

Coates,  Michael  " 

Coleman,  S. 
Covell,  jr.,  James 
Dow,  Lorenzo 
Dungy,  John  " 

Eames,  Henry  " 

Emerson,  Oliver 
Ensign,  Datus  " 

Farr,  A.  A. 
Ferguson,  S.  D. 
Garvin,  A.  W.  " 

Goodsell,  Buel  " 

Goss,  E.  " 

Griffin.  Benjamin         " 
Hall,  B.  M. 

Howe,  Samuel  " 

Hulburd,  D.  P. 
Johnson,  Albinus 
Levings,  Noah 
Luckey,  Samuel 
Lytle,  David 
Maffitt,  J.  N. 
Martindale,  Stephen    " 


WHO  HAVE  STATEDLY  PREACHED  IN  TROY. 
March          16,  1839,  aged  73. 


April             8,  1882, 

"      61. 

August        23,  1869, 

"      63. 

January       27,  1881, 

"     60. 

December  25,  1878, 

"     43- 

July                i,  1835, 

"     42. 

December     i,  1880, 

"     41- 

February    19,  1875, 

•«     59. 

August       21,  1  855, 

77- 

November  28,  1868, 

"     90. 

August          i,  1814, 

"     47- 

January      23,  1877, 

"     82. 

May            1  5,  1845, 

"      49- 

1834, 

"      57- 

September   6,  1851, 

77- 

April           22,  1853, 

"     39- 

1853- 

"      70. 

November   4,  1874, 

"     64. 

December  30,  i855, 

"     57- 

June             19,  1874, 

"      61. 

May               4,  1863, 

11     73- 

November   6,  1866, 

"     72. 

June             20,  1861, 

"     69. 

February    22,  1886, 

"     83. 

February    16.  1858, 

"     78. 

February    14,  1885, 

"     69. 

March           2,  1860, 

"     37- 

January         9,  1849, 

"     53- 

October      1  1,  1869, 

»     78. 

October      13,  1869, 

"     43- 

i85o. 

-      56. 

May             2*.   1860, 

"      73- 

286 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


Meeker,  B.  O.          died 
Merwin,  Samuel 
Oakley,  P.  C. 
Osbon,  Abiathar  M.     " 
Osgood,  \V.  B. 
Pease,  Lewis 
Phillips.  Z. 
Phoebus,  W. 
Pomeroy.  B.  " 

Ransom.  H.  W. 
Ross.  William 
Sandford,  P.  P. 
Senter,  M.  A. 
Seymour.  Truman 
Sherman,  Charles 
Smith,  James  M. 
Spicer,  Tobias 
Starks,  D. 
Starks,  H.  L. 
Stebbins,  L.  D. 
Steele,  A.  " 

Stillman,  S.  L. 
Stout.  E.  S. 
Stover.  E. 
Stratton,  John  B. 
Tackaberry,  John 
Vanderlip,  Elias 
Washburn,  S. 
Weaver,  John  M.        " 
Wells,  G.  C., 
Wentworth,  E. 
White,  Myron, 
Whiteside,  Edwin 
Williams.  S.  P. 


January  3.  1873. 
January  13,  1839, 

August  7,  1882, 
August  17,  1880, 
September  5.  1844. 
February  8,  1886. 
November  9,  1831, 
May  12,  1880. 

March         26,  1867. 

January  14,  1857, 
February  i.  1876. 
November  1 5,  1874, 
March  10,  1844. 

November  1 3,  1862, 
October  12,  1887, 
June  22,  1882. 

January  14,  1873. 

April  2,  1869. 

August  3,  1859, 

May  8,  1871. 
June 


20.  1863, 


September  3,  1848, 
July  23.  1885, 
May  12,  1872, 

May  25.  1886, 
June  2,  1887, 


aged  56. 

"  62. 

"  74- 

"  36. 

"  58. 

"  78- 

"  78. 

"  74- 

"  56. 

"  75- 

"  29. 

"  75- 

"  41. 

"  74- 

"  79- 

"  Si. 

"  64. 

"  74- 

"  47- 

"  56. 

"  78. 

«  84. 

"  73- 

-  80. 

"  73- 

"  79- 


September  14, 1874,        "      65. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  287 

MINISTERS  AND  MEMBERSHIP  OF  THE  TROY 

METHODIST  CHURCHES  FROM  1797  TO  1888. 

Members 
and  Pro. 

1797,  M.  E.  C.  of  Troy,       -                   -  -      13 

1800,                "               Michael  Coates,    -  30 
1802,                 "               Elias  Vanderlip, 

1805,  "               Elijah  Chichester,  -                 7 

1806,  "  Datus  Ensign, 

o 

1807,  "               Laban  Clark,  13 
"               Henry  Eames, 

1809,  "  James  M.  Smith, 

1 8 10,  "  William  Phoebus, 
"               Lewis  Pease, 

1811,  "  Smith  Arnold, 

1812,  "  Peter  P.  Sandford, 

1813,  "                Laban  Clark,  135 

1814,  "               Laban  Clark,  129 

1815,  Tobias  Spicer,     -  107 

1816,  "               Tobias  Spicer,  230 

1817,  "               Samuel  Luckey,  250 

1818,  "                Samuel  Luckey,  239 

1819,  "               William  Ross,  384 

1820,  William  Ross,  256 

1821,  "                Benjamin  Griffin,  225 

1822,  "               Benjamin  Griffin,  211 

1823,  "               Noah  Bigelow,  220 

1824,  "               James  M.  Smith,  250 

1825,  "               James  M.  Smith,  319 

1826,  Stephen  Martindale,  376 

1827,  Stephen  Martindale,  437 


288  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

1828,  M.  E.  C.  of  Troy,  Samuel  Mefwin,  515 

1829,  "  Samuel  Merwin, 

John  Tackaberry,  454 

1830,  John  B.  Stratton, 

Abiathar  M.  Osbon,  487 

1831,  John  B.  Stratton, 

"      of  Albia,     Abiathar  M.  Osbon,  682 

"         African,  John  Dungy, 

1832,  Troy,      Buel  Goodsell, 

Albia,     E.  F.  Whiteside,  8cSo 

African,  John  Dungy, 

1833,  "         Troy,       Buel  Goodsell,  577 

Albia,      E.  F.  Whiteside,        109       686 
African,  John  Dungy, 

1834,  "          Troy,       Noah  Levings,  512 

African,  John  Dungy, 

1835,  State  Street,         Noah  Levings,  555 
N.  Second  St.,     S.  D.  Ferguson, 

1836,  State  St.,  Truman  Seymour,      290 

N.  Second  St.,     Charles  Sherman,       218       508 

1837,  State  St.,  Truman  Seymour,      360 

N.  Second  St.,     Charles  Sherman,       313       663 

1838,  State  St.,  S.  Remington,  410 

N.  Second  St.,     P.  C.  Oakley,  369       779 

1839,  State  St.,  S.  Remington,  443 

N.  Second  St.,     Noah  Levings,  400       843 

1840,  State  St.,  Charles  P.  Clarke.     492 

N.  Second  St.,      H.  L.  Starks,  620      1012 

1841,  State  St.,  Charles  P.  Clarke,     462 

N.  Second  St.,      H.  L.  Starks,  56o      1012 


METHODISM    IN    TROY. 


289 


1842,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 

1843,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 

1844,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Zion, 

1845,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Zion, 
1 146,   State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Third  St., 

1847,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Third  and  Cong 

1848,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 

Third  and  Cong 
Zion, 

1849,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Third  and  Cong. 

Zion, 

1850,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 


Noah 
Merritt  Bates, 
lames  Covell,  jr., 
Charles  Sherman, 
James  Covel,  jr., 
John  W.  Lindsay, 
Stephen  L.  Stillman, 
Richard  Noyes, 
Luman  A.  Sandford, 
Stephen  L.  Stillman, 
Richard  Noyes, 
Luman  A.  Sandford, 
A.  W.  Garvin, 
S.  Washburn, 
O.  Emerson, 

A.  Steele, 

S.  Washburn, 
,  E.  Noble, 
Allen  Steele, 

B.  Pomeroy, 
A.  W.  Gar\'in, 

,  E.  Noble, 

R.  Noyes, 

Z.  N.  Lewis, 

W.  A.  Miller, 
,  A.  A.  Farr, 

L.  Marshall, 

R.  Noyes, 

Z.  N.  Lewis, 

W.  A.  Miller, 


454 

5i6       970 

640      i 163 
4/6 

476       952 

556 

510      1066 

4/0 

487       957 

425 
367 

I  I  2  904 

446 

374 


43  6 
384 


933 


935 


290  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

Congress  St.,       A.  A.  Farr,  149 

Third  St.,  C.  R.  Ford,.  44       886 

1 85 1,  State  St..              S.  D.  Brown,  286 
N.  Second  St.,      B.  O.  Meeker,  319 
Congress  St.,        E.  Goss,  204 
Third  St.  and  5o 
Levings  Chapel,  J.  W.  Belknap,  40       899 

1 852,  State  St.,              S.  D.  Brown,  309 
N.  Second  St.,     B.  O.  Meeker,  400 
Congress  St.,        E.  Goss,  220 
Third  St.,              J.  W.  Belknap,       j 

Levings  Chapel,  T.  Spicer,  j     180     1109 

i§53,  State  St.,  Lester  Janes,  317 

N.  Second  St.,     S.  D.  Brown,  412 

Congress  St.,         S.  Coleman,  241 
Third  St.,              John  M.  Weaver,         80 

Lev.  Chap.,  Alb.,  Aaron  Hall  136     1 186 

1854,  State  St.                H.  W.  Ransom,  328 
N.  Second  St.      S.  D.  Brown,  423 
Congress  St.,        S.  Coleman,  222 
Third  St.,             J.  Hall,  60 
Levings  Chapel 

and  Albia,         A.  Hall,  162      1195 

1 855,  State  St.,               H.  W.  Ransom,  343 
N.  Second  St.,     L.  D.  Stebbins,  414 
Congress  St.,        H.  Blanchard,  221 
Third  St.,             M.  B.  Mead,  58 
Levings  Chapel 

and  Albia,        J.  S.  Hart,  119      1165 
North  Troy,         Reuben  Gregg, 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


291 


1 856,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel 

and  Albia, 
North  Troy, 

1857,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel 

and  Albia, 
North  Troy, 
German, 
Zion, 

1858,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel 

and  Albia, 
North  Troy, 
German, 
Zion, 

1 859,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 


S.  Parks, 

L.  D.  Stebbins, 

H.  Blanchard, 

E.  Foster, 

J.  S.  Hart, 

S.  Parks, 
A.  Johnson, 

C.  F.  Burdick, 

D.  W.  Dayton, 

S.  Hewes, 
Homer  Eaton, 

F.  W.  Dinger, 
John  A.  Williams, 
J.  K.  Cheeseman, 
J.  F.  Yates, 

C.  F.  Burdick, 

D.  W.  Dayton, 

S.  Hewes, 
C.  Morgan, 
John  Swahlen, 
J.  A.  Williams, 
J.  K.  Cheeseman, 
J.  F.  Yates, 
A.  J.  Jutkins, 

E.  Goss, 
O.  Pier. 


353 

421 

230 

77 

i6i 
5o     1292 

309 
360 

224 

IOO 


302 
360 

260 

75 

282 
76 
40  1395 

229 

37i 

247 

72 


292 


METHODISM   IN  TROY. 


Levings  Chapel 

and  Albia,         E.  S.  Stout, 
North  Troy, 
German, 

1860,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel 

and  Albia, 
North  Troy, 
German, 
Zion, 

1 86 1,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 


1862, 


A.  Viele, 
J.  Swahlen, 
I.  G.  Bidwell, 
S.  Washburn, 
A.  J.  Jutkins, 
E.  Goss, 

Z.  Phillips, 
A.  Viele, 
George  Abele, 

I.  G.  Bidwell, 
S.  Washburn, 
D.  P.  Hulburd, 
R.  T.  Wade, 


Levings  Chapel,  S.  P.  Williams, 


Albia, 

North  Troy, 

German, 

State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 

Congress  St., 

Third  St., 

Levings  Chapel,  S.  P.  Williams, 

Albia,  G.  H.  Gregory, 

North  Troy,          S.  Coleman, 

German,  Julius  Seidel, 

Tr'y  City  Mission, W.  H.  Smith, 


L.  Barber, 
S.  Coleman, 
G.  Abele, 

C.  W.  Cushing, 
E.  Went  worth, 

D.  P.  Hulburd, 
R.  T.  JVade, 


272 
72 
5i 

233 
357 
256 

109 

253 

79 

60 

40 

296 

321 

282 

104 

300 

77 

66 
270 

268 
260 

102 

i5o 

188 

68 

53 


1387 


1359 


JtfETHODISM   IN  TROY. 


293 


1863,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel 
Albia, 

North  Troy, 
German, 

1864,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 

Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel 
Albia, 

North  Troy, 
German, 
City  Mission, 
Zion, 

1865,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St. 
Levings  Chapel, 
Albia, 

North  Troy, 
German, 
Zion, 

1866,  State  St, 


C.  W.  Cushing,  321 
W.  H.  Smith, 

E.  Wentworth,  333 

G.  C.  Wells,  222 

D.  Lytle,  118 
H.  C.  Sexton,  137 
W.  H.  Hughes,  132 

7i 

J.  Seidel,  63      1397 

S.  D.  Brown,  330 

E.  Wentworth,  345 

C.  W.  Cushing, 

G.  C.  Wells,  267 

D.  Lytle,  1 10 
H.  C.  Sexton,  132 
W.H.Hughes,  116 
R.  R.  Meredith,  109 
J.  C.  Deininger,  65 

Jacob  Thomas  80      1554 

E.  Wentworth,  272 
J.  W.  Carhart,  331 
E.  Stover,  224 

D.  T.  Elliott,  102 
R.  Fox,  2 1 2 
C.  M.  Pegg,  1 1 9 
M.  White,  106 
J.  C.  Deininger,  60 

J.  Thomas,  1426 

E.  Wentworth,  265 


294 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel, 
Albia, 
German, 
North  Troy, 
Zion, 

1867,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel, 
Albia, 
German, 
Vail  Avenue, 
Zion, 

1868,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel, 
Pawling  Ave., 
German, 
Vail  Avenue, 

1869,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel, 


J.  W.  Carhart,  432 

E.  Stover,  300 

D.  T.  Elliott,  144 
R.  Fox,  96 
C.  M.  Pegg,  128 
George  Meyer,  62 
M.  Hulburd,  141 

J.  Thomas,  1568 

E.  Wentworth,  273 
J.  W.  Carhart,  358 
E.  Stover,  282 
C.  M.  Pegg,  102 
G.  C.  Morehouse,  163 
J.  W.  Thompson,  178 
G.  Mayer,  60 
M.  Hulburd,  112 

J.  Thomas,  1628 

G.  W.  Brown,  280 

J.  M.  King,  374 

M.  Hulburd,  310 

M.  A.  Senter,  61 

G.  C.  Morehouse,  140 

J.  W.  Thompson,  158 

G.  Mayer,  70 

E.  Stover,  141      1534 

G.  W.  Brown,  350 

J.  M.  King,  312 

M.  Hulburd,  333 

M.  A.  Senter,  115 

C.  F.  Noble,  135 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


295 


Pawling  Ave., 
German, 
Vail  Avenue, 
Zion, 

1870,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel, 
Pawling  Ave., 
Vail  Avenue, 
German, 
Zion, 

1871,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel, 
Pawling  Ave., 
German, 
Vail  Avenue, 
Zion, 

1872,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel, 
Pawling  Ave., 
German, 
Vail  Avenue, 


J.  K.  Wager, 
J.  Seidel, 
G.  W.  Fitch, 
W.  H.  Decker, 
G.  W.  Brown, 
lames  M.  Kine, 

J  o 

G.  W.  Fitch, 
M.  A.  Senter, 
C.  F.  Noble, 
To  be  supplied, 
J.  W.  Tucker, 
Joseph  Kindler, 
W.  H.  Decker, 
W.  H.  Hughes, 
H.  C.  Sexton, 
G.  W.  Fitch, 
S.  W.  Edgerton, 

C.  F.  Noble, 
G.  C.  Bancroft, 
J.  Kindler, 

D.  T.  Elliott, 
W.  H.  Decker, 
W.  H.  Hughes, 
H.  C.  Sexton, 
S.  Meredith, 

B.  M.  Hall, 

J.  W.  Quinlan, 
W.  B.  Osgoocl, 
J.  Kindler, 

C.  F.  Noble, 


138 

99 
190 

340 


348 

I  10 

145 

131 
119 

107 

352 

356 

266 

95 

137 
76 
96 

u5 

362 
449 

273 
70 

145 

86 

104 

176 


1672 


1635 


1493 


296  METHODISM   IN  TROY. 

Zion,  J.  G.  Smith,  1665 

1873,  State  St.,               W.  H.  Hughes,  363 
N.  Second  St.,     S.  Meredith,  425 
Congress  St.,        A.  F.  Bailey,  263 
Third  St.,              W.  F.  Sanford,  41 
Levings  Chapel,  J.  W.  Quinlan,  151 
Pawling  Ave.,      W.  B.  Osgood,  102 
German,                 Peter  A.  Moelling,  88 
Vail  Avenue,        C.  F.  Noble,  161 

Zion,  J.  G.  Smith,  1684 

1874,  State  St.,               H.  D.  Kimball,  380 
N.  Second  St.,     S.  Meredith,  420 
Congress  St.,        A.  F.  Bailey,  279 
3d  and  Hoosick,  G.  C.  Bancroft, 
Levings  Chapel,  W.  Bedell,  181 
Vail  Avenue,        C.  F.  Noble,  96 
German,                 Peter  A.  Moelling,  103 
Pawling  Ave.,      E.  A.  Braman,  i65 
Zion,                      Joseph  P.  Thompson,            1624 

1875,  State  St.,              H.  D.  Kimball,  381 
N.  Second  St.,     S.  Meredith,  391 
Congress  St.,        A.  F.  Bailey,  274 
Third  St.,             G.  C.  Bancroft,  32 
Levings  Chapel,  W.  Bedell,  164 
Pawling  Ave.,      E.  A.  Braman,  106 
Vail  Avenue,        W.  J.  Tilley,  160 
German,                Peter  A.  Moelling,  134 
Zion,                      Joseph  P.  Thompson,  75      1717 

1876,  State  St.,              H.  D.  Kimball,  480 
N.  Second  St.,     H.  C.  Farrar,  380 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


297 


Congress  St.. 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel, 
Pawling  Ave., 
German, 
Vail  Ave., 
Zion, 

1877,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel, 
Pawling  Ave., 
German, 
Vail  Avenue, 
Zion, 

1878,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  Street, 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel, 
Pawling  Ave., 
Vail  Ave., 
German, 
Zion, 

1879,  State  St., 

N.  Second  St., 
Congress  St., 
Third  St., 
Levings  Chapel, 


John  E.  Bowen, 
G.  C.  Bancroft, 
W.  Bedell, 

E.  A.  Braman, 

F.  G.  Gratz, 
W.  J.  Tilley, 

J.  P.  Thompson, 

G.  J.  Brown, 
•H.  C.  Farrar, 
J.  E.  Bowen, 

H.  W.  Slocum, 
A.  C.  Rose, 

F.  G.  Gratz, 
W.  J.  Tilley, 

Jas.  H.  Anderson, 

G.  J.  Brown, 
H.  C.  Farrar, 
John  E.  Bowen, 
J.  W.  Belknap, 
H.  W.  Slocum, 
A.  C.  Rose, 

J.  K.  Wager, 

F.  G.  Gratz, 

J.  H.  Anderson, 

G.  J.  Brown, 
H.  Graham, 
G.  Skene, 

S.  Meredith, 


1902 


328 

39 
203 

I  10 

114 
170 

78 
445 

450 
308 

33 
177 

134 
1 08 
164 
100 

545 
464 
289 

185 

75 

100 

i 10  1928 

481 

483 

288 

185 


1909 


298  METHODISM  IN  TROY. 

Pawling  Ave.,      A.  C.  Rose,  80 

Vail  Ave.,  J.  K.  Wager,  i58 

German,  J.  F.  Seidel,  97 

Zion,  J.H.Anderson,  80      1862 

1880,  State  Street,  W.J.Stevenson,  565 
N.  Second  St.,  H.  Graham,  504 
Congress  St.,  G.  Skene,  325 
Levings  Chapel,  S.  Meredith,  175 
Pawling  Ave.,  W.  H.  Groat,  82 
Vail  Avenue,  J.  K.  Wager,  182 
German,  J.  F.  Seidel,  98 
Zion,  W.  H.  Decker,  82      2013 

1881,  State  St.,  W.J.Stevenson,  475 
N.  Second  St.,  H.  Graham,  5/6 
Trinity,  G.  Skene,  350 
Levings  Chapel,  S.  Meredith,  181 
Pawling  Ave.,  W.  H.  Groat,  144 
Vail  Avenue,  J.  G.  Fallen.  180 
German,  J.  F.  Seidel,  103 
Zion,  W.  H.  Decker,  84     2093 

1882,  State  St.,  E.  McChesney  530 
N.  Second  St.,  H.  C.  Farrar,  531 
Trinity,  B.  B.  Loomis,  322 
Levings  Chapel,  C.  A.  S.  Heath,  199 
Pawling  Ave.,  W.  H.  Groat,  139 
Vail  Avenue,  J.  G.  Fallon.  384 
German,  J.  G.  Lutz,  116 
Zion,  T.  O.  R.  Williams,  80     2321 

1883,  State  St.,  E.  McChesney,  5 14 
N.  Second  St.,  H.  C.  Farrar,  539 


METHODISM   IN   TROY 


29* 


Trinity,  B.  B.  Loomis,  330 

Levings  Chapel,  C.  A.  S.  Heath.  204 

Pawling  Ave.,  A.S.Clark,  166 

Vail  Avenue,  J.  G.  Fallon,  422 

German,  J.  G.  Lutz,  116 

Zion,  T.  O.  R.  Williams,  85      2376 

1884,  State  St.,  E.  McChesney,  519 
N.  Second  St.,  H.  C.  Farrar,  556 
Trinity,  B.  B.  Loomis,  403 
Levings  Chapel,  C.  A.  S.  Heath,  233 
Pawling  Ave.,  J.  C.  Russum,  145 
Vail  Avenue,  S.  M.  Williams,  45o 
Wesley  Chapel,  E.  H.  Brown, 
German,  J.  G.  Lutz,  120 
Zion,  T.  O.  R.  Williams,  55     2481 

1885,  State  St.,  J.  E.  C.  Sawyer,  465 
N.  Second  St.,  H.  Graham,  554 
Trinity,  P.  L.  Dow.  422 
Levings  Chapel,  C,  R.  Hawley,  217 
Pawling  Ave.,  J.  C.  Russum,  204 
Vail  Avenue,  S.  M.  Williams,  469 
Wesley  Chapel,  E.  H.  Brown,  148 
German,  W.  H.  Kurth,  121 

Zion,  S,  C.  Birchmore,  60     2660 

1886,  State  Street,  J.  E.  C.  Sawyer,  469 
N.  Second  St.,  H.  Graham,  527 
Trinity,  PC  L.  Dow,  423 
Levings  Chapel,  C.  R.  Hawley,  202 
Pawling  Ave.,  J.  C.  Russum,  21 1 
Vail  Ave.,  S.  M.  Williams,  492 


300  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

German.                W.  H.  Kurth.  121 

Third  St.,              E.  H.  Brown.  128 

Zion,                       S.  C.  Birchmore,  70     2643 

1887,  State  St.,             J.  E.  C.  Sawyer,  455 

N.  Second  St.,     H.  Graham,  5g6 

Trinity,                  P.  L.  Dow.  469 

Levings  Chapel,  C.  R.  Hawley,  2o5 

Pawling  Ave..     J.  H.  Clark,  192 

Vail  Ave.,             J.  L.  Atwell,  490 

Third  St.,             J.  P.  Haller,  144 

German,                W.  H.  Kurth,  135 

Zion,                       S.  C.  Birchmore,  79     2765 

April  1 6.  1888,  State  St.,    Geo.  W.  Brown,  554 

5th  Av.(N.2dSt,)J.  H.  Coleman,  556 

Trinity,  John  Wo  Bennett.  482 

Levings  Church,  Charles  Edwards,  2 1 2 

Pawling  Ave.,      J.H.Clark,  166 

Grace  (Vail  Av.)J.  L.  Atwell,  5o6 

Third  St.,             J.H.Robinson.  116 

German,                F.  W.  Bose,  140 

Zion                      Geo.  E.  Smith  79     2811 


METHODISM   IN  TROY. 


303 


NAMES  OF  THE  PRESIDING  ELDERS  OF  THE 
TROY  DISTRICT. 

A.  Scholefield,  1832-33 

C.  Carpenter,  -  1833-34 
Buel  Goodsell,  1834-38 
Noah  Levings,  1838-39 
Tobias   Spicer,  1839-43 
J.  B.  Stratton,  1843-46 
John  Clark,  1846-48 
Z.  Phillips,  1848-62 

B.  M.  Hall,  -             -                     1862-56 
Sanford  Washburn,  1856-60 

D.  Starks,  -                     1860-64 
Wm.  Griffin,  -              -              1864-68 

C.  F.   Burdick,  -              -                     1868-72 
J.  E.  Bowen,   -  -                                         1872-76 
L.  Marshall,  -                    1876-80 
Fred.  Widmer,  1880-84 
Samuel   McKean,  -  -                                  1884-88 
Wm.  H.   Hughes,  -             -             -             1888 


304  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

METHODIST  MINISTERS  IN  TROY  PRIOR  TO  1885. 

(Represented  in  engraving  on  page  305.) 

Rev.  William  Griffin,  D.  D.,  presiding  elder  of  Troy 
district,  1864-68, 

Rev.  Samuel  Meredith,  pastor  of  Congress  Street 
(Trinity)  Church,  1872-73  ;  and  of  North  Second 
Street  (Fifth  Avenue)  Church,  1873-76  ;  also  of 
Levings  Chapel,  1879-82. 

Rev.  S.  M.  Williams,  pastor  of  Vail  Avenue  (Grace) 
Church,  1884-87. 

Rev.  E.  A.  Braman,  pastor  of  Pawling  Avenue  Church, 
1874-77. 

Rev.  George  W.  Brown,  pastor  of  State  Street  Church, 
1868-71  ;  and  since  April  16,  1888  to  present 
time  of  same  church. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Groat,  pastor  of  Pawling  Avenue  Church, 
1880-83. 

Rev  J.  G.  Fallon,  pastor  of  Vail  Avenue  (Grace) 
Church,  1881-84. 

Rev.  H.  C.  Farrar,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  North  Second 
Street  (Fifth  Avenue)  Church,  1876-79,  and 
1882-85. 

Rev.  B.  B.  Loomis,  pastor  of  Trinity  Church,  1882-85.. 

Rev.  J.  Wesley  Thompson,  pastor  of  Albia  (Pawling 
Avenue)  Church,  1867-69. 

Rev.  J.  Wesley  Quinlan,  pastor  of  Levings  ChapeL 
1872-74. 


METHODISM   IN  TROY. 


307 


SERVICES  AT  REVIVAL  MEETINGS  CONDUCTED 
BY  THE  TROY  PRAYING  BAND. 


STATE  STREET  CHURCH. 


February  21-28,  1869, 
Feb.  28,  Mch.n,  1888, 


Rev.  G.  W.  Brown,   pastor. 
Rev.  J.  E.  C.  Sawyer, 


NORTH  SECOND   STREET  CHURCH. 


December        4,  1859, 
February    8-i5,  1874, 


Rev.   J.  F.  Yates, 
Rev.   S.  Meredith, 


pastor. 


CONGRESS  STREET  CHURCH. 


F.  Burdick,  pastor. 

J.  Jutkins, 

J.  Jutkins, 

P.   Hulburd,      " 

C.  Wells, 

Stover, 

Stover,  " 

F.  Bailey, 

F.  Bailey, 


CONGRESS  STREET  (TRINITY)  CHURCH. 

November  12,  1882,  Rev.  B.   B.  Loomis,    pastor. 

January  n,  1885,  Rev.  B.  B.   Loomis, 

October,  17,  1886,  Rev.  P.   L.   Dow, 

February  6,  1887,  Rev.  P.   L.   Dow, 


February 

20,    1859, 

Rev.  C. 

September 

25,  1859, 

Rev.  A. 

February 

24,  1861, 

Rev.  A. 

February 

9,  1862, 

Rev.  D. 

November 

20,  1864, 

Rev.  G. 

February 

1  1,  1866, 

Rev.  E. 

March 

22,    1868, 

Rev.  E. 

March 

I,    1874, 

Rev.   A. 

January 

3i'  i875. 

Rev.  A. 

308  METHODISM  IN  TROY. 

VAIL  AVENUE  CHURCH. 

February  6,  1859,  Rev.  C.  Morgan,         pastor. 

March  20,  1859,  Rev.  C.  Morgan, 

February  16,  1862,  Rev.  S.  Coleman,            " 

March  14,  1869,  Rev.  E.  Stover, 

November  9-16,  1873,  Rev.  C.  F.  Noble, 

December  20-27, 1885.  Rev.  S.  M.  Williams,     " 

February  13,  1887,  Rev.  S.   M.  Williams,     " 

LEVINGS  CHAPEL. 

February         27,  1859,  Rev.   S.   Hewes,  pastor. 

November      13,  1859,  Rev.  D.   B.   Clark, 

April,  1861,  Rev.  L.   Barber, 

March  31,  1867,  Rev.   R.   Fox. 

Decemb'r  19-26,  1886,  Rev.  C.   R.   Hawley, 

THIRD  STREET  CHURCH. 

January  30,  1859,  Rev.  D.  W.  Dayton,  pastor. 

March  18,  1860,  Rev.  E.  Goss, 

March  10,  1861,  Rev.  E.  Goss, 

January  n,  1863,  Rev.   R.  T.   Wade, 

March  7  and  28,  1869,  Rev.   M.  A.  Senter, 

February          5,  1871,  Rev.  M.  A.  Senter, 

ALB i A  CHURCH. 

May  15,  1859,  Rev.  S.   Hewes,           pastor. 

February  19,  1860,  Rev.   L.   Barber,               " 

February  3,  1861,  Rev.   L.  Barber, 

February  2,  1862,  Rev.  G.   H.  Gregory,      •' 


METHODISM  IN  TROY.  309 

ALBIA  (PAWLING  AVENUE)  CHURCH. 
January,  I883,       Rev.  W.   H.  Groat,    pastor. 

LADIES'  MISSION. 
March        18-24.  l859>       Rev.   W.    H.   Smith,  pastor. 

CAMP  BRINTNALL,   U.   S.  ARMY. 
May    19  and  26,  1861. 

RENSSELAER  COUNTY  JAIL. 
October          20.  1861,       Y.   M.  C.  A. 

STOW'S  HILL  MISSION. 
December       12,  1886. 

RAILROAD  Y.  M.  C.  ASSOCIATION. 
July,    -  1887,       A.  Munro,  Secretary. 


3io 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


TROY  PRAYING  BAND. 


OFFICERS,    1888. 
f  Joseph  Hillman, 
f  Henry  C.  Curtis, 
f  Charles  E.  Morey,  - 

MEMBERS  FROM   1859  TO 
t  Barker.  Thomas, 

*  Bates,  John  C. 
Bennett,  Hazen  W. 
Bennett,  jr.,  James, 

*  Bennett,  Lyman, 
Brainard,  Rev.  C. 

'*  Bristol,  George, 

*  Carlin,  Thomas, 

*  Clark,  Rev.  David  B. 
Clayton,  H.  B. 

*  Coburn,  Robert, 
Cooper,  Sylvester, 

f  Curtis,  Henry  C. 

Devol,  Rev.  Jarvis, 

Earl,  James  H. 

Farrar,  Rev.  H.  C. 
f  Foster,  William, 
t  French,  Roswell, 

Gregory,  Rev.  G.  H. 

Hall,  Rev.  George  A. 
f  Harris,  William. 
f  Hartshorn,  Edwin  A. 

*  Deceased. 

t  Present  Active  Members. 


Leader. 

President. 

Secretary. 

1888. 

West  Troy. 
Troy. 

Fort   Edward. 

K  i. 

Troy. 


West  Troy. 
Albany. 

Troy. 

i< 

Fort    Edward. 

Albany. 

Troy. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


3" 


Hawxhurst,  Rev.  P.  R.  - 

*  Heath,  John  Wesley  - 
f  Hillman,  Joseph 

*  Holman,  D.  C.  - 
Howland,  Gardner 
Howland,  Rev.  E.  O. 
Hoxie,  G.  W. 

f  Hull,  Laval  din   - 
f  Hurd,  R.  B.   - 
Johnson,  E.  S.    - 

*  McPherson,  Alexander   - 
Merchant,  George  W. 
Merchant,  George  W. 

*  Moore,  George  F. 
f  Morey,  Charles  E. 

Osbon,  Rev.  E.  S. 
Ouackenbush,  R. 

*  Senter,  Rev.  M.  Alverson,  - 
Skene,  Rev.  George 

f  Slason,  Rev.  James     - 
Smith,  Sanford 
Smith,  William  E. 
Smith,  -Rev.  William  L. 
Travis,  Jacob 

*  Usher,  Bloomfield 
Usher,  sr.,  John 

*  Usher,  jr.,  John 
Van  Cott,  E.  B. 
Viele,  Rev.  A. 
Waldron,  E.  I ). 
Wilcox.  A.  1). 

*  Deceased. 

f  Present  Active  Members. 


Troy. 


Glen's  Falls. 
Troy. 

u 

Albany. 

Troy. 
« 

Albany. 
Troy. 
Albany. 
Trov. 


Fort    Eld  ward. 
Troy. 

Cohoes. 

Troy. 

Fort    Ed  \vard. 

W7aterford» 

Albany. 

Troy. 


312  METHODISM    IN    TROY. 


COMPARATIVE  TABLE  OF  GROWTH  OF  THE 
POPULATION   OF  TROY 

AND     THE 

MEMBERSHIP  OF  CONGREGATIONS. 


Year.  Population.  Presbyterians.  Maptists.  Episcopalians.  Methodists. 

1 800  1,200  52  35  30 

1830  11,551  779  274  220  487 

1860  39.235  1.527  1,281  934  1,387 

1887  65,ooo  3.024  1,882  i, 812  2,765 


RATIO  OF  MEMBERSHIP  OF  CHURCHES  TO  POPU- 
LATION. FROM  1800  TO  1887. 


1800  1830                      1860                  1887 

Presbyterians,    i  to  23  i  to  15  i  to  25  i  to  21 

Baptists,             i  to  34  i  to  42  i  to  30  i  to  34 

Episcopalians,   -  i  to  52  i  to  42  i  to  36 

Methodists,         i  to  40  i  to  24  i  to  28  i  to  24 


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313 


GROWTH  OF  THE  EARLY  CHURCHES  OF  TROY. 


The  membership  of  the  different  denominations  and 
the  population  of  Troy  have  multiplied  as  follows  from 
1800  to  1887  : 

Presbyterians,  -       60  times. 

Baptists,  64  times. 

Episcopalians  (from  1807),                             -       54  times. 

Methodists,     -  90  times. 

Population,  54  times. 


GROWTH  IN  27  YEARS. 

During  the  past  twenty-seven  years,  from  1860  to 
1887,  the  membership  of  the  different  early  churches 
and  the  population  of  the  city  has  increased  numeri- 
cally as  follows  : 

Presbyterians,  -  99  per  cent. 

Baptists,  47     "     " 

Episcopalians,  -  194     "     " 

Methodists,  199     "     " 

Population,  i65     " 


3H  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

ANNUAL  CONFERENCES  HELD  IN  TROY. 

NEW  YORK  CONFERENCES. 

State  Street  Church,  Bishop  George,  May     6,  1819. 

30,  1821. 

3,  1825. 

9,  1827. 

Roberts,     "       13,  1829. 

TROY  CONFERENCES. 

State  Street  Church,  Bishop  Hedding,  Aug.  28,  1833 

May  31,  1837 

North  2d  St.        "            "         Waugh,        "  21,  1843 

State  Street         •'           "         Hamline,   June  14,  1848 

North  2d  St.        "           "         Simpson,    May  9,  1855 

State  Street         "           "         Scott,         April  16,  1862 

North  2d  St.        "           "                               "  12,  1871 

Simpson,       "  19,  1882 

Fifth  Avenue      "           "         Foss,              "  n,  i; 


One  of  the  noteworthy  incidents  of  the  meeting  of 
the  Troy  Conference  in  the  city,  in  1882,  and  marking 
the  last  visit  of  Bishop  Simpson  to  Troy,  was  thus 
mentioned  by  the  Troy  Daily  Times,  of  April  25,  that 
year  : 

THE   RECEPTION   LAST    EVENING. 

One  of  the  most  delightful  features  of  the  visit  of  the  conference  to  this 
city  was  the  reception  tendered  to  Bishop  Simpson  last  night  at  the  residence 
of  Joseph  Hillman,  on  First  Street.  The  spacious  rooms  of  the  hospitable 
mansion  were  thronged  throughout  the  evening  with  one  of  the  happiest  of 
companies.  The  clergymen  of  the  conference,  their  entertainers  in  this  city, 
and  the  wives  of  the  ministers  and  laymen  cordially  greeted  the  distinguished 
guests  and  each  other.  The  receiving  group  was  composed  of  the  venerable 
and  courteous  Bishop,  Mr.  Hillman  and  his  gracious  wife,  the  Rev.  and  Mrs. 
George  Skene  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Stevenson.  The  masters  of 
ceremonies  were  the  Revs.  H.  C.  Farrar,  H.  D.  Kimball,  E.  McChesney  and 
H.  A.  Starks.  Chaplain  McCabe,  and  the  Rev.  William  Taylor  of  California, 
were  among  the  guests.  Among  the  clergymen  of  other  denominations  who 
were  present  were  the  Revs.  Dr.  Baldwin,  T.  A.  Snively,  N.  B.  Remick,  J. 
N.  Mulford,  T.  S.  Hamlin,  Donald  MacGregor  and  W.  H.  Sybrandt.  "  That 
which  goeth  into  a  man  "  was  abundantly  provided  from  a  well-spread  table, 
and  the  strains  of  Doring's  orchestra  delightfully  harmonized  with  the  tones 
of  conversation. 


METHODISM    IN   TROY.  315 

EPISCOPAL  METHODISTS  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

IN  1887. 

Itinerant             Local                      Lay  Total 

-Ministers.        Preachers.             Members.  Lay&Min. 

M.  E.  Church,   -      13,900   13,918   2,094,660  2,108,500 

M.  E.  Church  S.,    4,434     5,989    1,055,964  1,060,388 

African   M.  E.  Ch.,  2,550     9,760      406,000  407,660 

Af.  M.  E.  Zion  Ch.,  2,110     7,710      314,000  316,110 

Colored  M.  E.  Ch.,  1,729     4,024       165,000  166,729 

Evangelical  Asso'n,  1,121         631       137,697  138,818 

United  Brethren,  -    1,566         589       196,278  196,834 


Total  in  M.E.  Ch's,  27,410  42,621   4,367,689  4,394,989 

EXECUTIVE  OFFICIAL  WORKERS  IN  THE  M.  E.  CHURCH, 
JULY    i,    1887. 

(Partly  Estimated.) 

Number  of  Bishops,  12 

Number  of  Itinerant  Ministers,  13*900 

Number  of  Local  Preachers,  13,918 

Number  of  Class-leaders,  83,786 

Number  of  Trustees  of  Churches,  142,450 

Number  of  Stewards  of  Societies,  94,067 
Sunday-school   Superintendents  and  Assistant 

Superintendents,  45,528 

Other  Officers  and  Teachers  in  Sunday-schools,  214,046 
Number    of  Workers    and   Helpers    specially 
appointed  in  Woman's  Home  and  Foreign 
Missionary    Societies,   and    in    Churches 

not  included  above,  8,500 

Total  number  of  Official  Workers,  616,206 


316  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


INCREASE  OF  THE  MEMBERSHIP  OF  THE  METHODIST 
CHURCH  COMPARED  WITH  THAT  OF  THE  POPULA- 
TION OF  THE  UNITED  STATES,  FROM  1790  TO  1880. 


Population  of  United  States,  1790,   -  -     3,929,214 

1880,  50,155-783 

Increase  in  ninety  years,  -  47,226.569 

Increase  per  cent,  in  ninety  years,  i>i77 

Membership  of  Methodist  Church,  1790,  -           57,904 

1880,  3,192,525 

Increase  in  ninety  years,'  3,134.621 

Increase  per  cent,  in  ninety  years,  5,413 


Whence  it  appears  that  the  increase  per  cent,  of 
the  membership  of '  the  Methodist  Church,  between 
the  years  1790  and  1880,  in  a  period  of  ninety  years, 
was  nearly  five  times  greater  than  that  of  the  popu- 
lation of  the  United  States. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY. 


317 


EPISCOPAL  RESIDENCES. 

The    residences   of  the    Methodist   Bishops    in   the 
United  States,  as  designated  May  31,1: 


Thomas  Bowman,  D.  D.,  LL.D.,  -   St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Randolph  S.  Foster,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Boston,  Mass. 


Stephen  M.  Merrill,  D.  D., 
Edward  G.  Andrews,  D.  D.,  - 
Henry  W.  Warren,  D.  D., 
Cyrus  D.  Foss,  D.  D.,  LL.D., 
John  F.  Hurst,  D.  D., 
William  X.  Ninde,  D.  D., 
John  M.  Walclen,  D.  D., 

William  F.  Mallalieu,  D.  D., 
Charles  H.  Fowler,  D.  D., 
John  H.  Vincent,  D.  D., 
James  N.  Fitz  Gerald,  D.  D., 
Isaac  W.  Joyce,  D.  D., 
John  P.  Newman,  D.  D., 
Daniel  Ayres  Goodsell,  D.  D.,  - 


Chicago,  111. 
New  York,  N.  Y. 
Denver,  Col. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Washington,  D.  C. 
Topeka,  Kan. 

Cincinnati,  O..  or 
Covington,  Ky. 

New  Orleans,  La. 

-  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

-  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

-  Omaha,  Neb. 
Texas. 


MISSIONARY  BISHOPS. 

William  Taylor,  D.  D.,          St.  Paul  de  Loanda,  Africa. 
James  Mills  Thoburn.  D.D..  India. 


318  METHODISM   IN  TROY. 


THREE  CHURCHES  A  DAY. 

The  Rev.  C.  C.  McCabe  makes  the  following 
explanation  of  a  circular  containing-  an  attack  upon 
the  song  which  he  was  accustomed  to  sing,  with  the 
refrain : 

"  All  hail !  the  power  of  Jesus'  name  ; 
We're  building  two  a  day." 

"  In  1864  we  had  9430  churches.  In  the  year  1887 
we  had  20,755  churches.  The  gain,  therefore,  for  that 
period  has  been  11,325.  A  gain  of  one  church  per 
day  from  1864  to  1882  would  be  6,670  churches.  A 
gain  of  two  churches  per  day  from  1881  to  1887,  a 
period  of  six  years,  would  be  4,380  churches.  Total, 
io,95o.  The  real  gain,  therefore,  has  been  120 
churches  beyond  this  number,  so  that  the  song  was 
true  in  [1882],  *  *  *  without  counting  the  new 
churches  which  replaced  old  ones,  or  the  churches 
built  by  other  branches  of  Methodism." 

As  he  observes,  the  song  should  now  be  sung  : 

"  Get  ready  for  the  grand  refrain, 

Come  join  our  glorious  lay, 
We're  on  the  million  line,  dear  friends, 
We're  building  three  a  day." 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  319 

IMPORTANT  EVENTS  IN  THE  HISTORY  OF 
METHODISM. 

Founding  of  the  Holy  Club  at  Oxford,  England,  1729 

John  and  Charles  Wesley  missionaries  to  America,  1736 

Charles  Wesley  visits  Boston,  -  1736 

John  Wesley  returned  to  England,  Feb.  i,  J73& 

John  Wesley  converted  May  24,  1738 

John  Wesley  embarked  for  America,  March  8,  1738 

Hymns  of  John  Wesley  first  published,  J738 

Field  preaching  in  England  begun,  1739 

First  "  Great  Awakening  "  in  America,  -  1740 

Lay  preaching  in  England  begun,  -  1742 

Class-meetings  first  held,  1742 

"  General  Rules  "  adopted,  1742 

Itinerant  System  established,  T743 

First  Methodist  Conference  in  England,  i  744 

Exhorters  first  appointed,  1 746 

Quarterly  Meetings  first  held,  -  i  749 

Holiness  Meetings  first  held,  ]755 

First  Methodist  Society  organized  in  America,  -  1766 

"  America  "  first  reported  in  "  Wesley's  Circuits,"  1770 

First  Methodist  Conference  held  in  America,  17  73 

M.  E.  Church  in  America  organized,  1784 
First  Methodist  Missionary  Society  organized  in 

England,  -  1786 
First  Sunday-school  in  America  organized  by 

Bishop  Asbury,  1786 

Charles  Wesley  died,  March  29,  1788 

John  Wesley  preached  his  last  sermon,  Feb.  23,  1791 

John  W'esley  died,  March  2,  1791 

First  General  Conference  held  in  America,  T792 
First  Methodist  Camp- Meeting  held  in  State  of 

New  York,  1804 


320  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

TROY  UNIVERSITY. 
STATEMENT  OF  TPIE  TRUSTEES  OF  THE  TROY  UNIVERSITY. 

The  TRUSTEES  of  the  TROY  UNIVERSITY,  in  view  of 
the  recent  transfer  of  the  buildings  and  grounds  under 
a  foreclosure  sale,  and  the  consequent  closing  of  the 
institution,  deem  it  proper,  and  due,  alike  to  them- 
selves and  to  the  friends  and  benefactors  of  the 
university,  that  a  statement  should  be  made  of  the 
circumstances  which  have  led  to  that  result ;  a  result 
which,  though  deeply  regretted,  is  not  more  so  than  it 
was  wholly  unanticipated  from  the  auspicious  circum- 
stances under  which  the  university  came  into  exist- 
ence. 

The  project  ot  founding  a  university  at  Troy,  was 
first  entertained  in  the  fall  of  the  year  1853,  and 
assumed  a  definite  form  early  in  1854.  During  that 
and  the  two  following  years,  subscriptions  to  the 
amount  of  $200,000  were  obtained  for  the  purpose 
of  building  and  endowing  the  institution.  Those 
subscriptions  were  considered,  and  it  is  proper  to  say, 
that  they  were,  when  made,  good  and  reliable,  and 
made  by  responsible  parties.  They  were  thoroughly 
scrutinized  and  pronounced  to  be  so  by  a  competent 
committee,  appointed  for  the  express  purpose  of 
examining  them,  and  passing  upon  their  value. 

A  small  amount  of  the  subscriptions  was  collected  in 
1854,  but  much  the  greater  portion  was  not  payable 
until  1855,  1856,  and  a  large  amount  at  later  periods. 

When  the  financial  embarrassments  of  1857  occurred, 


METHODISM    IN    TROY.  321 

wholly  deranging  the  commercial  and  monetary  affairs 
of  the  country,  and  prostrating  large  numbers  of  the 
business  community,  including  not  a  few  of  those  who 
had  been  considered  as  amply  responsible,  very  many 
of  the  subscribers  whose  subscriptions  remained  unpaid 
became  insolvent,  and  wholly  unable  to  pay.  Others, 
though  not  entirely  bankrupt,  were  so  far  embarrassed, 
in  their  pecuniary  affairs,  as  to  be  unable  to  pay  their 
subscriptions  when  due,  but  hoped  to  be  able  to 
ultimately  pay  them.  Still  others,  and  not  a  few, 
taking  advantage  of  the  situation  of  affairs,  refused  to 
pay,  and  when  urged  and  finally  confronted  by  legal 
proceedings  interposed  defences  founded  on  one 
pretence  or  another,  many  of  which  proceedings  are 
still  pending  in  the  courts,  while  in  many  others 
judgment  was  ultimately  recovered  in  favor  of  the 
university,  but  not  until  so  much  time  had  been  gained 
by  defending  that  the  judgments,  when  obtained,  were 
worthless,  by  reason  of  the  defendants  having  in  the 
mean  time  become  irresponsible  or  gone  to  distant 
parts  of  the  country. 

In  the  mean  time,  the  trustees,  acting  in  good  faith 
and  fully  believing,  as  they  were  warranted  in  doing, 
that  the  funds  would  be  realized  in  due  time  and 
sufficient  amounts  from  the  subscriptions  to  meet  their 
expenditures,  had  commenced,  erected,  and  completed 
the  university  buildings.  A  faculty  of  distinguished 
ability  had  been  secured,  duly  installed,  and  entered 
upon  the  discharge  of  their  duties.  Students  in 
respectable  numbers  presented  themselves  for  admis- 

22 


322  METHODISM    IN   TROY. 

sion,  were  examined,  admitted,  and  the  college 
curriculum  was  commenced  under  very  encouraging 
circumstances. 

Thus  far  the  university  was  a  success.  The  course 
of  instruction  was  pursued  through  four  years,  the 
period  which  bounds  a  full  collegiate  course  of 
education,  a  new  class  entering  each  year,  and  one 
class,  the  first  which  entered,  when  the  university 
doors  were  opened,  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
A.  B.  in  July,  1862,  having  first  with  great  credit  to 
themselves  and  their  instructors,  passed  the  prescribed 
examinations. 

But,  before  this  stage  had  been  reached  in  the 
history  of  the  institution,  difficulties  had  begun  to 
intervene,  and  those  of  no  ordinary  magnitude.  The 
salaries  of  the  professors  must  be  paid,  and,  although 
several  important  chairs  were  unfilled,  (the  duties 
pertaining  to  them,  being  performed  by  those  who  had 
already  their  full  complement  of  duties),  thus  reducing 
the  number  of  professors  employed  to  the  minimum 
consistent  with  the  scope  of  the  institution,  the  sum 
required  for  this  purpose  was  about  $6,000  per  annum. 
The  fund  relied  upon  for  paying  the  salaries,  it  was 
confidently  believed,  would  be  sufficient  for  that 
purpose,  and  that  belief  was  fully  warranted  by  the 
situation  of  affairs  at  the  time  when  the  institution  was 
opened, — but  there  was  a  radical  difficulty  in  the  way 
of  its  Realization.  By  the  original  plan,  it  was  provided 
that  after  expending  a  specified  amount  in  buildings  and 
grounds  the  balance  of  the  $200,000  of  subscriptions 


METHODISM   IN  TROY.  323 

should  be  invested  as  a  permanent  endowment,  the 
income  arising  from  which  should  be  applied  to  the 
payment  of  salaries  of  professors. 

In  pursuance  of  this  plan,  all  of  the  funds  received 
from  subscriptions,  and  applicable  to  that  purpose,  had 
been  expended  in  the  erection  of  the  university 
buildings,  but  contrary  to  all  expectation,  and  fatally 
for  the  institution,  it  was  found  that  for  the  reasons 
already  stated,  but  a  small  portion  of  the  endowment 
fund  had  been  realized  and  no  income  from  that  source 
was  available  to  meet  the  steadily  accruing  salaries  of 
the  professors,  to  which  were  added  the  current 
expenses  for  janitor,  etc. 

To  add  to  the  embarrassment  produced  by  this  state 
of  facts,  there  were  mortgages  on  the  real  estate,  the 
interest  on  which  was  steadily  accumulating.  The 
trustees  used  every  exertion  in  their  power  to  obviate 
the  difficulty  thus  unexpectedly  placed  in  their  way. 
They  not  only  used  their  best  efforts  to  press  and 
secure  the  collection  of  out-standing  subscriptions,  but 
by  earnest  and  repeated  appeals,  endeavored  to  induce 
the  friends  of  the  institution  to  come  forward  and  aid  it 
in  this  emergency,  fully  believing  that  it  might,  if 
properly  sustained  by  its  friends,  be  saved  and  estab- 
lished on  a  firm  and  secure  basis. 

So  confident  were  they  of  ultimate  success,  that  in 
many  instances  individuals  from  their  number  advanced 
from  their  own  private  means,  considerable  sums  to 
meet  the  more  pressing  demands.  They  also  made 
strenuous  and  continued  efforts  to  induce  individuals  of 


324  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

known   ability,  to  endow  professorships,  or  contribute 
toward  a  general  endowment  fund. 

In  this  direction  they  received  great  encouragement, 
which,  for  a  considerable  length  of  time,  and  down 
to  the  final  transfer  of  the  property,  led  them  confi- 
dently to  expect,  that  before  affairs  should  assume  a 
hopeless  form,  a  gentleman  of  ample  ability,  who  had 
repeatedly  expressed  an  intention  to  do  so,  would  come 
forward,  and  not  only  relieve  the  university  from 
present  embarrassment,  but  give  it  a  large  and  suffi- 
cient endowment. 

In  addition  to  those  efforts,  measures  were  vigorously 
prosecuted  to  secure  the  recognition  and  favorable 
action  of  various  ecclesiastical  organizations,  in  which 
they  were,  to  a  considerable  extent,  successful.  Several 
of  the  conferences  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
having  taken  action,  in  the  early  months  of  the  year 
1862,  extremely  favorable  to  the  interests  of  the 
university,  which,  but  for  the  unexpected  suspension 
of  the  collegiate  course,  could  not  have  failed  to  be  of 
great  benefit  to  it.  In  the  mean  time,  however,  the 
expenses  of  the  institution  were  steadily  accruing  and 
the  debts  increasing.  Over  $60,000  of  the  subscriptions 
remained,  as  they  still  remain,  unpaid.  The  salaries 
of  the  faculty  were  becoming  largely  in  arrear.  A 
number  of  floating  debts,  many  of  which  had  been  due 
for  periods  of  one,  two  or  three  years  were  pressing, 
and  creditors  unwilling  longer  to  be  put  off  The 
interest  on  mortgages  was  in  arrear  for  nearly  two 
years,  and  finally  in  July,  1862,  the  holders  of  one  of 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  325 

the  mortgages  commenced  a  suit  in  foreclosure.  The 
treasurer  had  no  funds  in  hand  with  which  to  pay  the 
amount  due,  and  the  trustees  were  entirely  unable  to 
raise  the  requisite  amount.  As  a  necessary  conse- 
quence, a  decree  of  foreclosure  was  obtained,  and  the 
property  was  advertised  to  be  sold  on  the  25th  day  of 
October,  1862. 

The  trustees,  at  this  crisis  in  their  affairs,  renewed 
their  efforts  to  induce  the  friend  to  whom  they  had 
been  so  confidently  looking  for  aid,  to  interpose  to 
save  the  institution  from  passing  out  of  their  control, 
and  secure  it  permanently  for  the  purposes  for  which 
it  was  founded,  urging  upon  his  attention  the  fact  that 
it  must  be  done  immediately,  if  ever.  Down  to  the 
very  day  of  the  sale  they  received  encouragement  that 
he  would  do  so,  and  entertained  not  only  strong  hope, 
but  confident  expectation,  based  upon  assurances 
which  were  entitled  to  the  fullest  confidence,  that  this 
object  would  be  accomplished,  and  the  university 
relieved  from  embarrassment,  amply  endowed,  and 
placed  beyond  the  reach  of  further  pecuniary  difficulties. 

In  this  confident  expectation,  however,  they  were 
ultimately,  to  their  utter  surprise,  wholly  disappointed. 
The  gentleman  to  whom  they  had  so  confidently  looked 
for  the  necessary  aid,  and  on  whom  they  had  depended, 
did  not  come  forward  at  the  critical  moment,  as  they 
had  been  led  to  believe  he  would,  but  wholly  disap- 
pointed the  expectation  which  had  been  raised,  and  as 
a  necessary  consequence,  the  university  passed  out  of 
their  possession. 


326  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

In  conclusion,  they  may  be  permitted  to  say,  that  no- 
one  of  all  the  friends  in  Troy  University,  or  of  those 
who  contributed  of  their  means  towards  establishing  it, 
can  more  deeply  regret  the  unfortunate  termination  of 
the  enterprise  than  they.  Among  their  number  are 
those  whose  contributions  in  money  have  been  the 
largest,  whose  efforts  for  the  welfare  of  the  institution 
have  been  most  earnest  and  unceasing,  whose  labors 
most  abundant.  Their  disappointment  and  regret,  in 
view  of  the  failure  of  the  enterprise,  is  tempered  only 
by  the  consciousness  that  they  have  done  all  in  their 
power  to  avert  it.  Every  effort  was  made  which 
seemed  to  promise  a  favorable  result.  Every  resource 
was  exhausted.  They  labored,  and  yielded  to  no 
discouragement,  until  the  final  moment,  when  the  fate 
of  the  institution  was  fixed  by  a  power  beyond  their 
control.  The  result  was  inevitable. 

They  submit  this  statement,  feeling  confident  that  a 
simple  recital  of  the  facts  will  satisfy  all  who  are  inter- 
ested that  nothing  but  the  pecuniary  aid  to  which  it  was 
entitled,  and  which  they  had  a  right  to  assume  would 
be  furnished,  could  have  saved  the  institution  from 
passing,  as  it  has,  out  of  their  control.  That  aid  was 
not  furnished,  and  hence  the  loss  of  an  institution  of 
learning  which  might  have  been  of  inestimable  value 
to  the  present  and  future  generations. 

TROY,  April  i5th,  1863. 

L.  A.   BATTERSHALL,  GEO.   GOULD, 

DAVID  COWEE,  LYMAN  BENNETT, 

L.   R.  AVERY,  N.   S.  S.   BEMAN, 

REUBEN  PECKHAM,  D.   KENNEDY, 

HARVEY  J.   KING,  GEO.  C.   BALDWIN. 

J.    M.   CORLISS,  Z.   PHILLIPS, 

GARDNER  HOWLAND,  W.   L.  VAN  ALSTYNE. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  327 

Letter  from  REV.    R.  S.  FOSTER,  D.  D. ,  who  had  been  elected  president 
of  the  institution  and  would  have  accepted  permanently .  had  it  been  saved. 

SING  SING,   Feb.    15.    1863. 
J.    HILLMAN,   ESQ.: 

Dear  Sir: — I  regret  to  hear  the  intimation  that 
some  parties  blame  you  for  allowing  the  Troy  Uni- 
versity to  be  sold  out  of  your  possession,  as  if  you 
thereby  wronged  its  friends.  No  man  more  deeply 
deplores  its  unfortunate  end  than  I  do  ;  but  I  cannot 
forbear  to  express  the  opinion  that  the  result  is  in  no 
way  chargeable  to  you.  I  am  convinced  that  you  did 
all  in  your  power,  and  much  more  than  most  men 
would  have  done  under  the  circumstances,  to  prevent 
it.  It  was  agreed  by  all,  that  its  only  hope  was  in  Mr. 
Drew — that  in  case  he  failed,  there  was  no  deliverence 
for  it.  I  have  good  reason  to  know  that  all  that  you 
did  in  the  matter  of  purchase  was  with  the  prospect  of 
his  becoming  the  owner,  and  that  you  made  every 
effort  to  induce  him  to  take  it  off  your  hands,  and  not 
until  you  had  reason  to  be  convinced  that  he  would 
under  no  circumstance  take  it,  did  you  part  with  it.  So 
far  from  being  censured,  I  cannot  but  think  that  your 
whole  course  so  far  as  known  to  me  merits  great  praise. 

I  remember  that  at  a  meeting  of  its  friends,  trustees 
and  others,  last  summer,  it  was  the  unanimous  opinion 
that  it  would  be  impossible  to  prevent  a  sale  of  the 
property  for  its  debts,  but  it  was  hoped  that  Mr.  Drew 
would  become  the  purchaser,  and  in  case  he  did  not, 
it  was  considered  impossible  to  prevent  a  sale, — this 
was  my  own  opinion  freely  expressed.  I  was  present 
on  the  day  of  sale,  and  Mr.  Drew  not  appearing  as  we 
expected  him  to  do,  I  with  others,  advised  you  to  bid 
it  in,  and  become  its  owners,  and  not  wait  any  longer. 
After  the  sale  I  received  a  dispatch  from  Mr.  Drew, 


328  METHODISM   IN   TROY 

asking  the  postponement  of  sale — it  was  too  late.  The 
clay  following,  you  accompanied  Rev.  C.  W.  Gushing 
and  myself  to  New  York  to  offer  the  property  to  Mr. 
Drew  ;  he  would  not  buy.  I  know  that  you  pressed 
him  with  every  inducement,  even  at  times  which  would 
have  involved  you  in  loss,  until  I  became  weary  of 
your  importunity,  and  frankly  told  you  that  I  could 
not  go  with  you  any  more.  Nothing  more  could  have 
been  done  ;  the  result  we  must  simply  deplore,  and 
without  censuring  anybody,  and  especially  yourself. 
Affectionately  yours,  R.  s.  FOSTER. 

Letter  from  the  Faculty  of  the   University. 

MESSRS.   PECK  &    HILLMAN  : 

Gentlemen:  —  Our  hopes  of  preserving  the  Troy 
University  have  failed,  and  we,  who  have  been  asso- 
ciated in  it,  are  about  to  be  widely  scattered.  In 
taking  our  departure,  we  deem  it  due  to  you  to  express 
our  appreciation  of  the  spirit  and  motives  which  have 
governed  you  in  your  connection  with  the  property. 
The  faithful  and  disinterested  efforts  you  have  made  to 
prevent  its  loss,  entitle  you  to  the  lasting  gratitude  of 
all  friends  of  the  institution.  We  have  seen  with  more 
than  satisfaction  the  untiring  energy  with  which  you 
have  prosecuted  these  efforts,  even  after  they  seemed 
hopeless  ;  and  knowing  thoroughly  the  whole  history 
of  the  affair,  we  take  pleasure  in  assuring  you  that  we 
regard  your  part  in  it  as  eminently  honorable  to  your- 
selves. 

TROY,   Dec.    10,    1862. 

CHARLTOXT.   LEWIS,  Act.  Pres.    Troy  University. 

OGDEN  ROOD.  Professor  Chemistry. 

CHARLES  F.  HIMES,  Professor  Mathematics. 

C.  L.  KITCHEL,   Tutor  in  Latin. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  329 

Statement  bv  a  few  of  the  Creditors. 

MESSRS.   PECK  &   HILLMAN  : 

Gentlemen  : — Justice  to  you  demands  that  we  should 
express  our  appreciation  of  your  honorable  course  in 
voluntarily  paying  our  respective  demands  against  the 
Troy  University,  we  having  no  claim  upon  you  for 
such  payment, — and,  as  some  are  disposed  to  blame 
you  because  the  university  property  passed  into  other 
hands,  we  take  this  occasion  to  say  that  your  untiring 
efforts  to  save  the  property  for  its  original  purposes  are 
eminently  commendable,  and  that  we  regard  your  con- 
duct throughout  as  both  honorable  and  praiseworthy. 

TROY,  Dec.  20,   1862. 

FULLER  WARREN  &  CO. ,   A.  \V.  SCRIBNER  &  CO. 
MARSTON  &  TIBBITS,          M.  L.  FILLEY, 
MOORE  &  NIMS.  J.  M.  FRANCIS, 

BILLS  &  THAYER,  J.   J.  ALDEN, 

A.  J,  HOFFMAN. 


Statement  of  several  gentlemen  who  were  present  when  the  final  effort  was 
made  to  save  the  property,  and  a  majority  of  whom  were  of  the 
number  who  expected  to  purchase. 

The  undersigned,  having  heard  rumors  which  are 
calculated  to  throw  blame  on  Messrs.  PECK  &  HILLMAN, 
for  having  sold  the  Troy  University  property  in  the 
manner  they  did,  feel  it  due  to  those  gentlemen  and 
the  public  to  say,  that  we  were  present  at  the  time 
when  the  final  effort  was  made  to  save  the  property, 
by  making  it  a  joint  stock  investment,  and  regard  their 
course  as  not  only  free  from  blame,  but  highly  com- 
mendable. They  yielded  everything  that  was  asked 


330  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

of  them,  and  generously  offered  the  property  to  the 
contemplated  purchasers  at  about  seven  thousand 
dollars  less  to  them  (P  &  H.)  than  the  price  agreed 
upon  with  Rev.  Mr.  Havermans,  and  we  consider  that 
they  did  their  full  share  towards  saving  the  property. 

TROY,  Dec.  27,  1862. 

H.  RANKIN, 
GARDNER  ROWLAND, 
CHAS.  W.  GUSHING, 
JOHN  B.  GALE, 
GEORGE  BRISTOL. 


METHODISM   IN   TROY.  331 

RETROSPECT. 

In  reviewing-  the  preceding  pages,  I  was  led  to 
consider  the  question  in  what  do  the  life  and  strength 
of  Methodism  consist  ?  The  answers  I  give  may 
severally  be  expressed  as  follows  : 

First,  That  the  quickening  power  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  sustains  Methodism. 

Second,  That  the  doctrines  which  it  teaches, —  free 
will,  free  grace,  and  holiness, —  strongly  influence  the 
minds  of  men  respecting  salvation  through  Christ. 

Third,  That  it  presents  the  truths  of  experimental 
religion  directly  and  practically. 

Fourth,  That  its  purposes  are  accomplished  by  an 
itinerant  ministry,  calling  to  its  aid  every  grade  of 
talent  in  the  membership  of  the  church. 

Fifth,  That  its  societies  are  universally  active. 

Sixth,  That  it  places  the  laymen  of  the  church  in 
fields  of  labor,  where,  as  class-leaders,  exhorters,  local 
preachers,  members  of  missionary  and  aid  societies, 
and  distributers  of  religious  literature,  they  successfully 
advance  the  work  of  christianizing  the  world. 

Seventh,  That  it  adopts  methods  as  time  and  place 
admit  to  further  its  work  ;  class-meetings,  love-feasts, 
camp-meetings,  lay  preaching,  woman  preaching, 
circuit  preaching,  itinerant  preaching,  outdoor  preach- 
ing, popular  religious  music,  praying  bands  for  revival 
work,  and  other  evangelistic  aids. 


332  METHODISM   IN   TROY. 

"The  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,"  remarks  the 
American  Presbyterian,  "  is  one  of  the  most  perfectly 
organized  systems  in  the  world."  It  is  practically  a 
missionary  scheme  based  upon  methods  for  the  dissem- 
ination of  the  truths  of  God's  revelation  of  a  Saviour. 
From  the  time  that  John  Wesley  visited  America  as  a 
missionary  to  the  Indians  until  now  the  name  of  Meth- 
odism has  implied  evangelization.  The  church's  polity 
is  a  wise  direction  of  all  the  means  of  orace  necessarv 

O  - 

for  the  salvation  of  men,  and  this  work  is  conducted  in 
every  part  of  the  globe  among  all  races  and  classes  of 
men,  whether  savage  or  civilized,  slave  or  freeman. 
Everywhere  active,  it  administers  relief  to  the  suffering, 
gives  light  to  the  benighted,  and  blesses  with  peace 
the  troubled  souls  of  sinners. 


GRACE    M.    E.    CHURCH. 

Now  building,  on  Sixth  (Vail)  Avenue,  near  IJouw  Street      Corner-stone  laid  A'lg   16.  1888. 
M    F    Cummings,  Architect. 


CORRECTIONS. 


The  names  of  the  members  of  the  different  Methodist  Churches 
are  printed  as  written  on  their  records. 

On  page  24  read  Harvey  J.  King  for  Harvey  G.  King. 
On  page  24  read  Eliphalet  R.  King  for  Eliphalet  King. 

On  page  in  it  should  be  stated  that  during  the  second  year's  pastorate 
•of  Rev.  George  Skene  the  church  was  rebuilt  and  enlarged  and  the  name 
changed  from  Congress  Street  to  Trinity,  and  the  building  was  re-dedicated 
with  appropriate  services.  The  Rev.  John  P.  Newman,  D.  D.,  preached  the 
morning  sermon  and  the  Rev.  Fred  Widmer  the  evening  discourse. 

On  page  170  28,000  should  read  2800. 

On  pages  178  and  183  read  Octavous  Jones  for  Octavus  Jones. 

On  page  184  read  D.  Frank  Bontecou  for  D.  Frank  Boutecou. 

On  page  189  read  Nellie  L.  Fisk  for  Nellie  L.  Fish. 

On  page  191  read  Eliphalet  R.  King  for  Elizabeth  R.  King. 

On  page  191  read  Mrs.  Mary  R.  King  for  Mrs.  Mary  King. 

On  page  211  read  Jonas  Manville  for  Jonas  Manrille. 

On  page  212   read  Roscoe  Stillman  for  Roscal  Stillman. 

On  page  233  substitute  Rev.  J.  P.  Haller,  pastor,  for  Rev.  J.  H.  Robinson. 

On  page  239  read  Marvin  L.  Crannell  for  Marvin  D.  Crannell. 

On  page  245  substitute  Rev.  P.  L.  Dow,  pastor,  for  Rev.  J.  W.  Bennett. 

On  page  246  read  William  N.  Wagar  for  William  H.  Wagar. 

On  page  257  read  Nanning  Lansing  for  Nanning  Lousing. 

On  page  257  George  S.  Emerson  should  be  named  as  a  trustee. 

On  page  257  Calvin  H.  Clark  should  be  named  as  a  steward. 

On  page  257  Daniel  R.  Winne  should  be  named  as  a  trustee. 

On  page  259  read  Maria  S.  Blake  for  Mary  Blake. 

The  name  of  G.  Herbert  Blake  should  appear  on  page  259. 

On  page  267  read  G.  Herbert  Blake  for  J.  Herbert  Blake. 


INDEX. 


Abbott,  Elery  J 217  Allen,  Addie 237 

Abbott,  Frank  B 217  Allen,  Annie  E    237 

Abbott,  Minnie  M 217  Allen,  Alexander  S 237 

Abbott,    Sarah 217  Allen,  Cora  E 210 

Abele,  George 292  Allen,  Cora  L 210 

Abrames,  Adelia 237  Allen,  Eliza 210 

Abrames  Charity 237  Allen,  Ella  May 237 

Abrames,  Ella  M 237  Allen,  Ida 258 

Abrames,   Harvey 237,  245  Allen,  Jennie 217 

Abrames,  Jessie 237  Allen,  Marion 210 

Abrames,  John 237  Allen,  Mrs.  S.  P 246 

Abrames,  Minnie 237  Allen,  Sarah 210 

Abrams,  Jane 258  Allen,  Stanton  P.  .  .234,  235,  237,  245 

Abrams,  Louisa 258  Allen,  Stewart 210 

Academy,  Charlottesville 154  Allen,  Walter 250 

Academy,  Troy  Conference 76  Allendorph,  Mrs.  Sarah 187 

Acome,  Delia. .  . 217  Almy,  George  W 187,  204 

Acome,  Richard 217  Almy,  Mrs.  Melintha 187 

Adams,  Addie  M 217  Alward,  Mrs 18 

Adams,  Freeman 47,  174  America 319 

Adams,  Jacob  E 174,  175  Ames,  Frank  W 258 

Adams,  James 199  Ames,  Justin  A 256,  257,  258 

Adams,  Joseph  E 258  Ames,  Lydia  A 258 

Adams,  Marietta 217  Anderson,  Annie 250 

Adams,  Mrs.  Angeline 187  Anderson,  James  II 297,  298 

Adams,  Mrs  F 250  Anderson,  Mark  A 187 

Adams,  Robert  G 1 1 1  Anderson,  Mary 258,  278 

Adams,  Susan  E 217  Andres,  Eliza 43 

Adkins,  Archibald 217  Andres  Family 206 

Adkins,  Harriet 217  Andres,  Grace 187 

Advocate  and  Journal  )  Andres,  John  P 187 

h  55'      .  9  -  9 

Christian )    "  Andres,  Julia 31 

Agan,  Mrs.  Annie 187  Andres,  Stephen. .  .9,  47,  86,  174,  175 

Ager,  James  B 237  Andrews,  Edward  G 317 

Ainsworth,  Ledia  W 210  Andrews,  James 237 

Albany,  5,  6,  10,  15,  55,  114,  116,  134  Andrews,  Nancy 237 

Albia 37,  48,  49,  54,  83,  85,  93  Anthony,  Aaron 217 

Alden,  J.  J 329  Anthony,  Andrew 278 

Aldrich,  E.  R 250  Anthony,  Celinda   258 

Aldrich,  Eveline 250  Anthony,  Jesse 87,  88,  181 

Aldrich,  Minnie 250  Anthony,  Josie  R 217 

Alger,  Anna  R 187  Anthony,  Lydia  1! 217 

Alger,  John 59  Anthony,  William  A 258 

23 


33* 


INDEX. 


Arakalian,  G.  A 187       A  very,  Mrs.  Henrietta  B 187 

Archer,  Nancy 278       Awakening,  The  Great 319 

Archer,  William  S 276,  277       Ayres,  Isaac 200 

Archibald,  George 217       Ayres,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  H 187 

Archibald,  James  C 82.   185,  204, 

184,  187. 

Archibald,  John 53,  176,  182,  217       Bacheldor,  Chester 217 

Archibald,  Mrs.  Sarah  M 187       Bacheldor,  Olive  M 217 

Archibald,  Thos.,  53,  81,  174,  175.  176       Bacheldor,  Rebecca 217 

Armenia,  Steamboat 79       Bachmann,  Julia 271 

Armitage,  Mary  B 217       Bailey,  Augustus 187 

Armitage,  William  P 217       Bailey,  A.  F 296,  307 

Armsbury,  Charlotte 217       Bailey,  Charlotte 187 

Armstrong,  Annie 258,  267       Bailey,  Elzora 217 

Armstrong,  Maggie 231       Bailey,  Harriet 250 

Armstrong,  Mamie 258       Bailey,  Julia 187 

Armstrong,  Mary  E 258       Bailey,  Julia  M 237 

Armstrong,  Sterling. 43,52,53, 174,181        Bailey,  Lottie 187 

Armstrong,  William 258       Bailey,  Sidney  C 237 

Armstrong,  Willie 258       Bainbridge,  William 231 

Arndt,  Rosa 217       Baker,  Maggie  A 217 

Arnold,  Emily 217       Baker.  Mr 42 

Arnold,  Smith 31,  285,  287       Baldwin,  George  C 314,  326 

Asbury,  Francis 133       Baldwin,  Helen  T 2171 

Ashgrove 7,  22.  134       Baldwin,  Melville  C 217: 

Ashton,  James 231       Baldwin,  Sarah 2271 

Association,  National  Holiness  )  Baldwin,  Sarah  J 217 

Camp  Meeting )  Bancroft,  Earl 42 

Association,  Railroad  Y.  M.  C  . .  .309       Bancroft,  G.  C 295,  296,  297 

Association,  Round   Lake   Camp  Bancroft,  Mrs.  C.  J 231 

Meeting 135,  144,  147,  149,  153       Band,  Dodsworth's in 

Athens 63       Band,  Boring's 1 1 1,  314 

Atwater,  F.  A 164  Band,  Troy  Praying.  .72,  98,  136-148, 

Atwell,  Anna 267  156,  307-309,  310,  311. 

Atwell,  Carrie  W 258       Bangs,  Nathan 49 

Atwell,  J.  L. .  .256,  257,  267,  300,  301  Banker, Alexander!),  214.  215,217,227 

Atwell,  Mrs.  J.  L 170,  171       Banker,  Florence  E 217 

Atwell,  Richard  W 258       Banker,  Mrs.  A.  D 227 

Augur,  Alida 258       Bantel,  Emma 271,  274 

Auliffe,  William 187       Bantel,  Louise 271 

Austin,  Georgiana 237  Baptists. .  18,  19,  24,  38,  39,  41,  42,  63 

Austin,  James  N 104  Barber,  Lorenzo.  . .  .85,  205,  282,  283, 

Austin,  John  C 235,  237,  245  285,  292,  308. 

Avery,  Eva 187       Barber,  Mrs.  Marion 187 

Avery,  Frederick  W 187       Bardin,  A.  G 187 

Avery,  John  M 187       Barker,  Lavinia 217 

Avery,  Lyman  ,R  .  .64,  176,  177,  178,  Barker,  Thomas.  .    137,   139.  145,  310 

182,  184,    185,   187,  202.   206,  326.          Barnard,  Theodore 199 

Avery,  Mrs.  Annie  S 187       Barnes,  Lorilln  L 217 


INDEX. 


339 


Barns,  Preaching  in 22 

Barrett,  William 96,  97 

Barringer,  David  P 53,  63 

Barringer,  Harriet  M 217 

Barringer,  Mrs.  Mattie 187 

Barringer,  Sarah  E 217 

Barry,  Mabel  E 187 

Barry,  Mrs.  Evangeline  E 187 

EartheH,  Frederick  W 187 

Barthell,  Mrs.  Annie  E 187 

Bartholomew,  Julia 258 

Bartholomew,  William 258 

Bartlett,  Annie  E 258 

Bartlett,  Arthur 258 

Bartlett,  Edward 258 

Bartlett,  Lillie 258 

Bateman,  Alice 217 

Bates,  George- 205 

Bates,  John  C 137,  139,  310 

Bates.,  Merritt.  . .  .75,  81,  90,  12,5,  126, 
285,  289 

Battershall,  Jane 217 

Battershall,  L.  A 326 

Battershall,  Walton  W 92 

Bascom,  Bertha  A 258 

Bascom,  Helen  A 258 

Bascom,  Chester ...  257,  258,  267 

Bascom,  Ellen  Forbes 258 

Bascom,  George  C 258 

Bascom,  H.  Clay... 256,  257,  258,  267 

Bascom,  Jessie  L 258 

Bascom,  Laura 258 

Bascom,  Lucy 258 

Bascom,  Mrs.  H.  Clay 158,  267 

Bassett,  Isaac  V 46 

Bassler,  Eva 258 

Bawden,  William  J 217 

Beam,  Augustus 237 

Beattie,  Carl 217 

Beattie,  Dora 217 

Beattie,  Mabel 217 

Becker,  A.  C 217 

Becker,  Anna  R 217 

Becket,  Littleton 1 18 

Beckwith,  George 258 

Beckwith,  Jennie 258 

Bedell,  William 296,  297,  282,  283 

Beiermeister,  Andreas 271 

Beiermeister,  Andrew 274 


Beiermeister,  Anna 271 

Beiermeister,  Barbara 271 

Beiermeister,  Anna  M 274 

Beiermeister,  Caroline 271 

Beiermeister,  Charlotte 237 

Beiermeister,  Eva 271 

Beiermeister,  Jennie 237 

Beiermeister,  John 274 

Beiermeister,  Frederick 117,  271 

Beiermeister,  jr.  Fred. 234,235, 237,245 
Beiermeister,  sr.  Fred... 268,  269,  274 

Beiermeister,  Mrs.  F 158 

Beiermeister,  William 237 

Belden,  Arthur 187 

Belden,  Emerson,  178,184,185,187,203 

Belden,  Mrs.  Emerson 197 

Belden,  Mrs.  Julia  A 187 

Belding,  Dennis 47,  175,  181 

Belding,  Mary  A 258 

Belknap,  J.  W 93,  98,  290,  297 

Bell,  Amy 258 

Bell,  John 258 

Bell,  jr.,  William 200 

Beman,  N.  S.  S 326 

Benedict,  Chas.  II.,  214,  215,  217,  227 

Benedict,  Eliza 217,  169,  171 

Benedict,  Mrs.  Charles  II 227 

Benedict,  Sarah  A 217 

Benedict,  T.  Lee 217 

Bennett,  Albert 210 

Bennett,  Anna 210 

Bennett,  Electa 258,  267 

Bennett,  Elizabeth 237 

Bennett,  Hazen  W 139,  141,  310 

Bennett,  Inez 217 

Bennett,  Jasper  N 210 

Bennett,  jr.,  James 310 

Bennett,  John  W 335,  245,  300 

Bennett,  Lyman,  53,  137,  139,310,326 

Bennett,  Mrs.  Albert 213 

Bennett,  Mrs.  Amanda 187 

Bennett,  Mrs.  Rola 217 

Bennett,  Ruth 258 

Bennett,  Wells 256,  257,  258 

Bentley,  Hattie 258 

Bentley,  Maria 237 

Bentley,  Minnie 237 

Berger,  Christina 271 

Bergh,  William 237 


340 


INDEX. 


Berwin,  Mrs.  Delia 187 

Berwin, Joseph 187 

Berwin,  Mrs.  Joseph 167,  197 

Bethmann,  Elisabeth 271 

Betts,  A.C 210 

Betts,  Benjamin 13 

Betts,  Brother 9 

Betts,  Clarence  E 217 

Betts,  Frederick 210 

Betts,  Harvey 47,  50,  53,  181 

Betts,  Jane 13 

Betts,  Jared 13 

Betts,  Martha 210 

Betts,  Mrs.  C.  E 217 

Bibb,  Edwin 217 

Bibb,  Hannah  M 217 

Bickford,  Alinira 237 

Bickford,  Israel 234,  235,  237,  245 

Bickford,  Mrs.  Israel 246 

Bickford,  Thomas  H 237 

Bidwell,  Ira  G. .  .67,  282,  283,  285,  292 

Bigelman,  Ada 218 

Bigelman,  Laura 218 

Bigelow,  D 206 

Bigelow,  Mary  F 164 

Bigelow.  Noah 48,  285,  287 

Biggs,  Mrs.  Priscilla 187 

Bills  &  Thayer 329 

Birch,  Julia  A 187 

Birch,  Sylvanus 177,  203 

Birchmore,  S.  C.  .  .276,  277,  280,  299, 
300,  301. 

Birchmore,  Mary  E 278 

Birchmore,  Mrs.  S.  C 170,  171 

Birchmore,  Mrs.  Mary  E 280 

Birchmore,  Nellie 280 

Birdsall,  Maria 218 

Birkenshaw,  Lewis. .    .   228,  229,  231 

Bishop,  A .249 

Bishop,  Albert  J  250 

Bishop,  Charles  B 203 

Bishop,  Cora  A 258 

Bishop,  Elizabeth  M 278 

Bishop,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  M 280 

Bishop,   Emily 250 

Bishop,  Flora 278 

Bishop,  H.  E 278 

Bishop,  John  H 277,  278 

Bishop.  Mary  Elizabeth 187 


277, 


Bishop,  Mrs.  Albert  J . .  .  . 
Bishop,  Mrs.  Mary  E. . . . 

Bishop,  Sarah  M 

Bishop,  William  E.  H... 

Bishops,  Methodist 

Bissell,  Harry 

Bissell,  Maggie 

Bissell,  Mary  J 

Bissell,  Melissa    

Bissell,  Sarah  Ann 

Bissell,  Mrs.  C.  W 170, 

Bissell,  Mrs.  M.  H 

Bissell,  William ..258, 

Blackburn,  Lois 

Blackwood,  Charlotte 

Blackwood,  Jennie 

Blake,  Eva 

Blake,  George  E.  . .  256,  257,  259, 

Blake,  G.  Herbert 335, 

Blake,   Maria  S 

Blake,  Mary 

Blake,  Mrs.  George  E 170, 

Blanchard,  H 290, 

Blanchard,  Mrs.  Armina  1* 

Blanchard,  Viola 

Bloom,  Eliza 

Bloom,  Jane 

Bloorningdale,  Annie  R 

Bloom ingdale,  Edward  | 

Bloomingdale,  George 

Bloomingdale,  Josephine 

Bloomingdale,  Phcebe 

Boarthnan 

Boehm,  August 

Boehm,  Auguste 

Boehm,  Bertha 

Boese,  Frederick  W 268, 

Bogardus,  Anna 

Bogardus,  Hannah 

Bogardus,   Isaac.  .  .  .214,  215,  218. 

Bogardus,  Magdalena 

Bogardus,  Viana 

Bogardus,  William 

Bolster,  Dewitt  E 

Bond,  Alice  M 

Bond,  Bessie 

Bond,  George  F 256,  257, 

Bond,  S 228, 

Bonesteel,  Hattie 


254 
187 
278 
278 
3'7 
231 
23 i 

25& 

231 

258 
171 
231 
267 
218 
237 
237 
259 
267 
267 

335 
259 
171 
291 

187 
187 
42 
42 
237 
237 
237 
237 
237 
198 

271 
271 
271 

300 

2lS 

2lS 
227 

218 
218 

199 

218 

259 
259 
259 
229 

237 


INDEX. 


341 


Bonesteel,  Jeremiah 187,  259 

Bonesteel,  Leuella 237 

Bonesteel,  Louisa  A 259 

Bonesteel,  Mrs.  Louisa 187 

Bontecou,  D.  Frank,  184,  185,  187,204 
Bontecou, Peter,  53, 59, 1 75, 1 76, 1 77, 206 

Bontecou,  James  C 75,  81 

Bord,  Charlotte  T 231 

Bord,  Lydia 231 

Bord,  Samuel 228,  231 

Bose,  Robert  G 237 

Bosse,  Catharine 271 

Bosse,  Kilian 271 

Bottome,  F 151 

Boumis,  Eva 218 

Bounds,  Benton 218 

Bounds,  James  H 234,  235,  237 

Bounds,  jr.,  John  W 218 

Bounds,   Mary 218 

Bounds,  Eva 227 

Bout,  Joan 259 

Bout,  John 259 

Bout,   Ralph 259 

Boutwell,  Harriet 218 

Boutwell,  Jesse 9 

Boutwell,  Mrs 13 

Boutwell,  Oliver.  .  .112,  214,  215,  218 

Boutwell,  Phoebe  A 218 

Boutwell,  Theodore 218 

Bowdy,  William  H 237 

Bowen,  Clara  E 187,  197 

Bowen,  John  E 297,  303 

Bowen,  Mrs.  Harriet  M 187 

Bowers,  Harriet 259 

Bowers,  Lillian  M 187 

Bowers,  Seneca  D   259 

Bowman,  Emma  A. 259 

Bowman,   Thomas 259 

Bowns,  Eliza 23 1 

Bowns,  George  M 228,  229 

Boxley,  Alice 218 

Boxley,  Caroline 218 

Boxley,  George 218 

Boyce,  Delia 210 

Boyce,  Kate 210 

Boyce,  Maggie 210 

Boyce,  Maranda 210 

Boycott,  Catharine  F 259 

Boycott,  Rosanna  F 259 


Boycott,  William .    ...  259 

Boyd,  George  1 210,  213 

Boyd,  Mary 210 

Bradshaw,  Anna  M 218 

Bradshaw,  Mary  J 218 

Bragg,  Aurelia  A 187 

Brainard,  E.  S 97,  176,  182,  206 

Brainard,  C 310 

Brakes,   Mary  J 218 

Brakes,  Samuel 218 

Braman,  Edmund 231 

Braman,  E.  A 296,  297,  304,  305 

Braman,  Hattie 231 

Braman,  John  E 231 

Braman,  Lorenzo 231 

Braman,  Mrs.  E.  A 163 

Braman,  jr.,  Mrs.  J.  E. 233 

Brandon,  Irving 218 

Brandon, Jennie  M 218 

Brandon,  William 237 

Brandon,  Maria 237 

Bray,  George  E 254 

Brewer,  Caroline 237 

Briggs,  Adelaide 210 

Briggs,  Cynthia 218 

Briggs,  Helen 210 

Brimmer,  Annie 237 

Brimmer,    Fannie 237 

Brimmer,  John 237 

Brimmer,  Mrs.  J.  J 246 

Brinkerhoff,    Catharine 42 

Brinkerhoff,  John 42 

Brintnall,  Camp 309 

Bristol, 3,  4,  6 

Bristol,  D.  N 256' 

Bristol,  George.  .53,  63,  128,  127,  135, 
137,  139,  147,  203,  218,  267,  310,330 

Bristol,  Grace 218 

Bristol,  Margaret 218 

Bristol,   Mary 218 

Brittle,  Phoebe 267 

Brockway,  Chester 177,  204 

Brockway,  Cynthia 187 

Brooks,  Emma 218 

Brooks,  Hannah 250 

Brooks,  Samuel 250 

Broughton,  Henry  <  > 218 

Broughton,  Jane 218 

Brown,  Angelina 237 


342 


INDEX. 


Brown,  Anna 278 

Brown,  Edith 218 

Brown,  Ebenezer 56,  1 74 

Brown,  E.   F 227 

Brown,  E.  Fisk 218 

Brown,  E.  H 299,  100 

Brown,  Emma 237 

Brown,  Florence 227 

Brown,  Florence  A 218 

Brown,  George  J .  .  .  282,  283,  285,  297 
Brown,  George  W.68,  72,  73,  74,  204, 

294,  295,  300,  304,  305,  307. 

Brown,  Jacob 1 18 

Brown,  Jane  M 218 

Brown,  Louisa 218 

Brown,  Stephen  I) 66,  67,  68,  282, 

283,  285,  290,  293. 

Brown,  Stephen  J 187,  196,  204 

Brown,  William 176 

Brown,  W.  H    267 

Brown,  Mrs.  \V.  H 267 

Bryan,  Libbie 218 

Bruce,  Maria 231 

Bruce,  Sarah 23 1 ,  233 

Brundage,  Lizzie 218 

Brush,  Lavina 237 

Brush,  Rosella 237 

Brush,  Tallman 237 

Brunswick, 37,  49, 134 

Buchan/Jane 238 

Buckley,  Clara 238 

Buckman,  Cornelius 200 

Buechel,  Conrad 271 

Buechel,  M 271 

Bull,  Caroline 218 

Bull,  Charlotte 218 

Bull,  Mrs.  Julia  E   187 

Bulson,  Hattie 218 

Bump,  Mary 218 

Bumsted,  Margaret 231 

Bumstead,  Mrs.  Eleanor 188 

Bunce,  A.  A 214,  215 

Bunce,  Alonzo  A 218 

Bunce,  Isabella 210 

Bunce,  Mary  C 218 

Bundy,  Maggie 218 

Burch,  Lorenzo 256,  257 

Burd,  Thomas 250 

Burden,  I.  Townsend 98 


Burdick,  C.  F 291,  303,  307 

Burdick,  Elizabeth 238 

Burdick,  H.  Libbie 238 

Burdick,  Jennie  E 238 

Burdick,  Joel  T 238 

Burdick,  Wallace 238 

Burdick,  Mrs.  W.  R 246 

Burglaries 73 

Burkal,  James 231 

Burney,   Thomas 245 

Burritt,  Eli 198 

Burrows,  Edwin  A.,    82,  176,  177,  182, 

184,  185,  188,  202. 

Burtis,  Emma 188,280 

Burtis,  John  W 218 

Burtis,  Mary  L 218 

Bush,  Ira  G 218 

Bush,  Ira  S 214,227 

Bussey,  Bertha 238 

Bussey,  Elizabeth  C 218 

Bussing,  Ella  S 238 

Bussing,  Isaac 238 

Bussing,  Isaac  S 234,  235,  245 

Buswell,  John  G.  .53,  70,  71,  77,  175, 

176,  181. 

Buswell,  Mrs.  Emmeline 188 

Buswell,  William  H 188 

Buswell  &  Peckham 77 

Butler,  Etta 188 

Butler,  Hannah 278 

Butler,  Lewis 118 

Butler,  William 160 

Button,  George  W 238 

Button,  Rebecca 238 

Byers,  Mary  J 63,  204 

Byrne,  Sarah 238 


Caddie,  Bessie 250 

Cady,  Henrietta 188 

Cass,  Annie 238 

Cass,  Lewis,  ship 107 

Castle,  John 238 

Caldwell,  R.  B 205 

Calhoun,  Anna   B 218 

Calhoun,  Mary  J 218 

Calhoun,  Elizabeth 218 

Calhoun,  Thomas 218 

Calkins,  Alice 238 


INDEX. 


343 


Calkins,  Charles  W .238       Carnrick,  Lillian  M 238 

Calkins,  Mary  E 188       Carnrick,  Peter 256,  257,  259 

Calkins,  Sarah 188       Carnrick,  Mrs.   Peter   158,  267 

Camden 8       Carpenter,  C 303 

Cameron,  Anna 210       Carpenter,  Julia  E 188 

Campaigne,  Bertha 238       Carr,  Alice 219 

Campaigne,  Jennie  M 238       Carr,  Caroline 259 

Campaigne,  Jonathan 238       Carr,  Carrie  M 188 

Campaigne,  Margaret 238       Carr,  Laura 188 

Campaigne,  Thomas 238,  245       Carr,  Sarah  A    250 

Campaigne,  Thomas  A 238       Carr,  William 248,  249,  250 

Campaigne,  William 238       Carr,  Mrs.  William   H 219 

Campbell,  Bishop 157       Carrier,  Addie 259 

Campbell,  Adeline 211       Carrier,  George 259 

Campbell,  Anna 210      Carruthers,  Louisa  M 219 

Campbell,  Catharine 238       Carver,  C.  L 2ro 

Campbell,  Christiana 210      Carver,  Jane 250 

Campbell,  Emma 238       Carver,  Jennie 250 

Campbell,  Jennie 218       Cary,  Elizabeth  A 238 

Campbell,  Jennie  F 238       Cary,  George 238 

Campbell,  Lillian 218       Gary,  George  W 234,235 

Campbell,  Lottie, 238       Cary,  Hannah 238 

Campbell,  Martin  V 219       Cary,  Mary 231 

Campbell,  Mary 219       Cary,  Mrs.   Elizabeth 188 

Camp-Meeting,  131,  132,  133,  134,135,  Cary,  Sidney  T.  .  .177,    178,  182,  184, 

136,  147,  148,  149.  188,  196,  202,  206. 

Camp-Meeting,  First  Fraternal.  .  148,       Cary,  Mrs.  Sidney  T 169,  171 

149,  150,  151,  152.  Cary,  William 238 

Camp  -  Meeting,  Second  (  Catechism 44 

Fraternal i  Caughey,  James 75 

Camp-Meeting,  Third  Fraternal,    153       Chalmers,  Thomas I 

Canada,  Upper lo       Chamberlain,   Harriet 238 

Canfield,  David 18,  23,  25,  198       Chambers,  Anna  F 238 

Cannon,  Ibra 92       Chambers,  Emily  J 238 

Cannon.  Mr 13,  14       Chambers,  Fanny 219 

Cannon,  Mrs 13       Chambers,  John    250 

Carhart,  J.  W 293,  294       Chambers,  Mary   A 250 

Carlin,  Joseph 93,  97       Chambers,    William 181 

Carlin,  Thomas 138,  139,  310      Champlain,  Priscilla 278 

Carlo,  Mrs 13       Chapel  Ann 80,  8 1 

Carlton,  Jane  M 259       Chapel,  State  Street 69,  74 

Carnell,  James 176       Chapel,  Wesley 100,  101 

Garner,  Helen 210      Chappele,  Rachel 219 

Carner,  John 210       Chappele,  Horace 259 

Garner,  Mrs.  John 213       Chappel,  Sarah 259 

Carnrick,  Diana  L 259      Chapman,   Nathaniel 199 

Carnrick,  Elizabeth 259       Chase,  Alton 188 

Carnrick,  Ella  A 259       Chase,  Henry 174 

Carnrick,  George  W.,  256,257,259,267       Cheeseman,  Joseph  K 67,  291 


344 


INDEX. 


Cheles,  Hannah 259 

Chesbro,  Albert 259 

Chesbro,  Amelia 259 

Chesbro,  Emma 259 

Chesbro,  Nellie 259 

Chew,  Daniel  B 278 

Chew,  Mary  J     278 

Chichester,  Elijah,  17,  20.  25,  29,  37, 
64,  282,  283,  285.  287. 

Chisholm,  John 238 

Cholera 134 

Christian,  Mary 278 

Christie,  George 96,  97,  no.  127 

Christie,  John 176,  182 

Christie,  Robert 200 

Christie,  William 259 

Christopher,  Carrie  E 219 

Church  of  England 2,  3 

Churches  : 

African  M.E.  (see  Zion  A.M. E.).  118 
Albia  M.  E.  (see  Pawling  Ave., 
M.E.). 49, 54,83,84,85,93, 143,308,309 

Baptist 312,  313 

Baptist, First  Particular.  1924,31,32, 
33.  3»i  39'  41-  42,  63. 

Baptist,  South  Troy 98 

Bethel  . , 44 

Congress  Street  M.E.(seeTrinity 
M.  E.)  66,  80.  98,  102,  103,  104,  105, 
no,  143,  307. 

Episcopal 312,  313 

Episcopal,  St.  Paul's 25,  34,  42 

Exhibit,numerical  and  financial  281 
Fifth  Avenue  M.  E.  (see   North 

Second  Street  M.  E.) 86,  89.  92, 

214  227,  281,  314. 

First  Methodist 319 

Fourth  M.  E 61,  93 

Friends 34 

German  M.  E.  (Albany)..  .114.  116 
German  M.E. First  (Troy).  114,  115, 
116,  117,  130,  268-274. 
Grace  M.    E.  (see  Vail  Avenue 
M.  E.)   ..112,  1 13,  256-267,  281,  333 
Hemlock    (  see  Congress  Street 

M.  E.) 104,  105 

Lansingburgh  M.  E.  .7,  37,40.42,55 
Levings  Chapel,  (  see  Levings 
Church,)  .61,  85,  93,  94,  98,  143,  308 


Levings  Church,  ( see  Levings 
Chapel,)  .  .  .93,  94,  95.  248-254,  281 
Membership  of  M.E.  /  2g. 

in  Troy ) 

Methodist 312.  313,  318,  332 

Methodist  Episcopal  of  Troy  (see 
State  Street  M.  E.)..   7,  10.   12  18. 
20-27,  29-32,  34,  36-58  . 
Ministers  of  M.  E.  in  Troy. 287-300 
North  Second  Street  M.  E.  (  see 
Fifth  Avenue  M.  E. ) .  57,  58,  86-92, 
102,  125,  127,  140,  143,  160,  307,  314 
North  Troy  M.  E.  (see  Vail  Ave- 
nue M.  E.) 67,  112 

Pawling  Avenue  M.E. (see  Albia 

M.  E.) 83-85,  208-213,  281,  3°9 

Presbyterian 312,  313 

Presbyterian,  First. 9.  19,22,  24,31, 
32,  33.  39'  4',  42,  44- 

Presbyterian,  Fourth 

State  Street  M.E.  (see  Methodist 
Episcopal  of  Troy),58, 76,  80,  81,  83, 
86,  87,  88,  96,  97,  loo,  102, 105,  123, 
127,  128,  139,  140,  143,  160,174-179, 
181-185,   187-206,  281,  307,  314. 
Third  Street  M.  E.  Church  (see 
Wesley  Chapel)  .  .66,  93,  96,  97,  98, 
ico,  101,  102,  104,  143,  228-233,  281, 
308. 

Trinity  M.  E.  (see  Congress  St. 
M.  E.),  102,  103,  no,  in,  234,  246, 
281,  307,  335. 

True  Wesleyan  M 125 

True  Wesleyan  M.  E 104,  114 

Vail  Avenue  M,  E.  (see  Grace 

M.  E. ) 112,  113.  143,  308 

Waterford  M.  E 9,  37 

Wesley  Chapel  (see  Third  Street 

M.  E. ) ico,  101 . 

Wesleyan  M.  Zion  (see  A.  M.  E. 

Zion) 118 

West  Troy  M.  E 56,  57 

Zion,  A. M.E.  (see  African  M.E. 
Zion)  .  .118,119,120,130,276-280,281 

Churches,  three  a  day 318 

Churchill,  Alice 278 

Churchill,  Nellie 238 

Circuit,  Cambridge 7,  9,  10,  17 

Circuit,  New  City 7 


INDEX. 


345 


Circuit,  Pittsfield 10,  15,  16 

Circuit,  Pownal 29,  31 

Circuit,  Whitingham 10 

Circuits,  Wesley's 319 

Clapp,  Noah 78,  176,  182 

Clark,  Anna  J 238 

Clark,  Alicia 259 

Clark,  A.  S 299 

Clark,  Calvin  H 335,  259 

Clark,  Caroline 219 

Clark,  C.   H 256 

Clark,  Charles  P 60 

Clark,  David  B in,  308,  310 

Clark,  David  J 238 

Clark,  Ella 259 

Clark,  Emma 219,259 

Clark,  Emma  L 167,  219 

Clark,  Florence  A 210 

Clark,  Hannah 219 

Clark,  John 127,  303 

Clark,J.  B 205 

Clark,  J.  H.    .  .208,  209,  213,  300,  301 
Clark,  Laban. .  .18,  32,  33,  34,  35,  36, 

285,  287. 

Clark,  Lola  M 210 

Clark,  Mabel  \V 210 

Clark,  Maria 259 

Clark,  Martha 238 

Clark,  Mrs.  J.  H 158 

Clark,  Mrs.  Melissa 188 

Clark,  Myron 259 

Clark,  Randolph  F 210 

Clark,  Ransom 219 

Clark,  Sheldon  J 238,  245 

Clark,  Stella 259 

Clark,  Charles  P 288 

Clarkson,  Annie 250 

Clary,  Belsora 259 

Class 9,  12,  13,  14,  15,  17,  18 

Class-meetings  .  .9,  12,  13,  14,  15,  17. 

18,  56,  81. 

Clay,    Henry,  steamboat 79 

Claydon,  Albert 231 

Claydon,  Charles 250 

Claydon,  H.   B 310 

Claydon,  William.  .228,  229,  231,  233 

Cleminshaw,  George 259 

Cleminshaw,  Laura 219 

Cleveland,  William 12,  13,  14 


Clickner,  Eliza 238 

Clickner,  Henry 210 

Clickner,  Jacob  M 238 

Clickner,  Mary 210 

Clifton  Park 134 

Clint,   Adam 234,  235,  238,  245 

Clint,  Annie  Frances 238 

Clint,  Jesse 238 

Clint,  Mrs.  Caroline 188 

Clint,  Mrs.  C.  M 197 

Clint,  Sarah 238 

Clinton,  Bishop 151 

Club,  The  Holy 2,  170 

Cluett,  Charles  F 188 

Cluett,  Edmund.  ..  177,    178,  183,  203 

Cluett,  Frances  C 188 

Cluett,  Frederick   II....  183,  184,  185, 

1 88,  202. 
Cluett,  George  B.  .  .177,  178,  182,  202 

Cluett,  J.  W.  A 177,  178,  182,  202 

Cluett,  Mary  E 188 

Cluett,  Mrs.  Fannie  B.. 188 

Cluett,  Robert 178,  203 

Cluett,  William,  177,  184,  185,  188,  202 

Cluett  Family,  William 206 

Coates,  Michael 10,  12,  285,  287 

Coburn,    Nathaniel 175 

Coburn,   Robert.  ..  .138,  139,  141,  310 

Cockburn,    Elizabeth 188 

Coe,  Jonas 32,  33 

Coffin,  Deborah 238 

Coffin,  Peter 238 

Coggis,  Lottie 238 

Cole,  Dulcena  M 219 

Cole,  Ida  E 219 

Cole,  Lizzie 210 

Cole,  Robert 248,  249,  250 

Cole,  Susan 250 

Cole,  Mrs.   Thomas  C 254 

Cole,  Thomas  C 250 

Cole,  William  H.  S 254 

Coleman,   H 300 

Coleman,  Seymour.  .  .  .282,  283.   285, 

200,  292,  308. 

Collander,    Elizabeth 188 

Collars 56 

College,  Christ  Church I 

College,  Dickinson j6 

College,  Lincoln I 


346 


INDEX. 


College,  McKendree 76       Coonradt,  Jonas 259 

Collier,  Elizabeth 250      Coonradt,  Sarah  S 259 

Collier,  O.  W.  M 249       Cooper,  Ann 250 

Collins,  Julia 219       Cooper,  Anna  F 259 

Collins,  Mrs.  Ann  M 188       Cooper,  Benjamin 256,  257,  259 

Columbus 48       Cooper,  James 219 

Combs,  Caroline 259       Cooper,  Lillie 233 

Combs,  Charles 259       Cooper,  Lucy  M 259 

Combs,  Susan 259       Cooper,  S.  Belle 231,  233 

Combs,  Susie 259       Cooper,   Sylvester 112,  139,  310- 

Combs,  William 259       Cooper,  William  R 233 

Common,  The 23  Corliss,  John  M. ...  177,  182,  188,  202, 

Comstock,  Frederick  R 188,  196  206,  326. 

Comstock,  Mrs.  Adaline 188       Cornell,  Latham 87 

Comstock,  Royal  D 188       Corning  &  Co 198 

Conference,  East  German 177       Cornwell,  Ellen  J 188 

Conference,  First  General 319       Corps,  Kate 238 

Conference,  First  Methodist 319       Corps,  Millicent 238 

Conference,  General,  10,  n,  150,  152       Coss,  Caroline 219 

Conference,  New  England. .  . .  10,  n       Costello,  Annie 219 

Conference, New  York,  10,29,31,52,314      Cottrell,  Eliza 259 

Conference,  New  York  East 55       Cottrell,  George  W 188 

Conference,  Quarterly.  .  .  .47,  86,  94,       Cottrell,  Nancy 219 

122,  123,  124.  Cottrell,  Samuel 176 

Conference,  Troy,  7,  57,  92,  124,  125,  Court-house,  Rensselaer  Co.,  20,21,23 

133,  134,  149,  152,  314.  Covel,  Sarah 

Conferences,  Annual 314  Covell,  jr.,  James,  61,  64,  128,  285.289 

Congdon,  Eliza 219       Covert,  Emma 238 

Conklin,  Ella .238      Cowee,  David 202,  326 

Conner,  William 219       Cowee,  Mrs.  David 202,  206 

Connolly,  Kate 188       Cowee,  Mrs.  Mary  E 188 

Connor,  Emma 219      Cox,   Gertrude 219 

Connor,  Mary 259       Cox,  Mary  I, 238 

Converse,  Charles  A 188       Cox,  Sarah 238 

Converse,  George  C 205       Cramer,  James  E 210 

Converse,  Mrs.  Cornelia  E 188       Cramer,  Josephine 210 

Converse,  Mrs.  P.  W 158  Crampton,  Albert,  183, 184, 185, 188,203 

Converse,  Perrin  W. .  .  .  177,  178,  182,       Crampton,  Mrs.  Louisa  A 188 

184,  185,  188,  196,  202.  206.  Crandall,  Eliza 219 

Cook,  Henry 22.  23       Crandall,  Ella  M 259 

Cook,  John  L 112       Crandall,  John  N 250 

Cook,  Mary 219      Crandall,  Mrs.  John  N 250,  254 

Cooke,  Angeline 219      Crandall,  Theodore 259 

Cooke,  Julia  E 219      Crandell,  Alexander 188 

Cookingham,  Elizabeth 259  Crandell,  Joseph,  184,  185,  188,196,203 

Cookingham,  Jennie  A 259       Crandell,  Mrs.  Charlotte  A 188 

Cookingham,  John  M 259       Crandell,  Mary  T 188,  196 

Cooksborough 22       Crandell,  Mrs.  Mary  T 197 

Coonradt,  Charles  M 259      Crannell,  J 234,  235 


INDEX. 


347 


Crannell,  Jane 238 

Crannell,  Jesse 234,  238,  245 

Crannell,  Mrs.  Jesse 245,  246 

Crannell,  Julia 238 

Crannell,  Maria 239 

Crannell,  Marvin 245 

Crannell,  Marvin  I ) 245 

Crannell,   Mary  E 239 

Crannell,  Phoebe 239 

Crannell,   William 239 

Crans,  Huldah 18 

Graver,  Alice 250 

Craver,  Alvina 239 

Craver,  Catharine 210 

Craver,  Chauncey 239 

Craver,  Elizabeth  S 210 

Craver,  Hattie  C 250 

Craver,^ John   \V 239 

Craver,  Fanny 239 

Craver,  L 248 

Craver,  Lewis 249,  250 

Craver,  Martha 239 

Craver,  Mrs.  Lucinda 188 

Craver,  P.  H 249.  250 

Craver,  Mrs.  Philip  H 254 

Craver,  Sarah  Eveline 239 

Craver,  William 208,  209,  210 

Craver,  Virginia 249,  250 

Crawford,  Emrna 239,  246 

Crawford,  Fred 245 

Crawford,  Fred  W 239 

Crawford,  George  A 239 

Crawford,  Margaret 239 

Crawford,  Rebecca  K 239 

Crissey,  Isaac  W 182,  188 

Cro,  Jesse 200 

Croker,  Mary 239 

Croker,  Sarah  J 239 

Cross,  Alfred 239 

Cross,  Anna  E 239 

Crowell,  Seth 18,  20 

Crowther,  Annie 250 

Crowmer,  Elizabeth 250 

Cuffs 56 

Cummings,  Mrs.  Mary  A 188 

Curry,  Martha 239 

Curry,  Mrs.  M 246 

Curtis,  Abbie 250 

Curtis,  Annie 250 


Curtis,  Caleb. ...9,  12,  14,  15,  17,  174 

Curtis,  Catharine 17 

Curtis,  Horace 250 

Curtis,  Jane  B 250 

Curtis,  Jessie  M 169,    171,  250 

Curtis,  Joel 31 

Curtis,  Henry  C. .  .  120,  145,  214,  215, 

219,  227,  276,  277,  310. 

Curtis,    Mercy 219 

Curtis,  Mrs.  H.  C 158,  227 

Curtis,  Stiles 239 

Curtis,  Mrs.  S.  R 158,  254 

Curtis,  Phcebe..i2,  14,  15,  16,  18,23, 

25,  29,  31,  198. 

Curtis,  Sidney  R.  .  .248,  249,  250,  254 
Cushing,  Charles  W 67,  292,  293, 

328,  330. 

Cushman,  Amelia 188 

Uabell,  Ellen 250 

Daboll,  George  W 188 

Daboll,  Helen  H 188 

Daboll,  Mrs.  Sarah 188 

Daboll,  Mrs.  W.  C 158,  196 

Daboll,  Wilmott  C 188 

Dagdigian,  Anadik 188 

Daley,  Sarah 167 

Daley,  Ellen 239 

Daniels,  Alice  1 188 

Daniels,  Mrs.  Kate  M 188 

Daniels,  Mrs.  Libbie 188 

Danks,   Delia 250 

Danks,  Frank 250 

Danks,  John 250 

Danks,  John  H 254 

Danks,   Phoebe 233 

Danks,  Richard 248,  249,  250 

Darling,  H.  S 188 

Darrell,  William  F 188 

Darrow,  James  H 91 

Dater,  Elizabeth  A 188 

Davenport,   S 260 

David,  Edmund  V 219 

Davidson,  Bertha 239 

Davidson,  Georgiana 239 

Davidson,  Robert 239,  245 

Davidson,  Mrs.  Robert 246 

Davis,  Carrie  N 188 

Davis,  Eliza  A 219 

Davis,  Henry 53,  204 


INDEX. 


Davis,  James  H. ..  .276,  277,  278,  280 

Davis,  Louisa  J 278 

Davis,  Marco  1 189 

Davis,  Mary 158,  167 

Davis,  Mary  A 219,  260 

Davis,  Mrs.  Jennie  E 188 

Davis,  Thomas 198 

Davis,  Zerah  B 256,  257,  260 

Davison,  Ellen  C 260 

Davison,  Hugh  B 260 

Davison,  John 267 

Davison,  John  J 260 

Davison,  Mary  E 260 

Day,  Miss 13 

Day,  Three  a 318 

Dayton,  D.  \V 291,  308 

Dayton,  Laura 219 

Deacons,  Local 177 

Dean,  Nellie 219 

Debt,  Church 47 

De  Camp,  Morris 18,  25,  198 

Decker,  Adalbert  E 219 

Decker,  Lodemia 219 

Decker,  W.  H 295,  298 

Dedrick,  Sarah 219 

De  Freest,  Eleanor 210 

De  Freest,  Ella 210 

De  Freest,   Harriet «. .  .  .250 

De  Freest,  J 208,  229 

De  Freest,  John 209,  23 1 

De  Freest,  Jno  A. 210 

De  Freest,  Matthew 250 

De  Freest,  Melinda 231 

De  Freest,  Mrs.  Eliza  C 189 

De  Freest,  Mrs.  John 233 

De  Freest,  Mrs.  Louisa 189 

De  Freest,  Mrs.  Minnie  A 189 

Deihl,  Adeline  Ogden 239 

Deihl,  Andrew 239 

Deihl,   Augustus 239 

Deihl,  Josephine 239 

Delavergne,  Emily  J 219 

Delavergne,  Mrs.  E.  J 227 

De  Long,  J.  H 219,  227 

De  Long,  Sarah  E 219 

Demery,  Sabrina 278 

Dempster,  Dr 70 

Deninger,  J.  C 293 

Derrick,  Henrietta  M 189 


Derrick,  Sally 219 

Devol,  Jarvis 141,  310 

Dewey,  Mary  E 189 

Dibble,  Charles 93 

Dick,  Frank 210 

Didlock,   Bertha 260 

Diehl,  Josephine 189 

Diggery,  C 250 

Diggery,  J. ..  ..249 

Diggery,  John 250 

Diggery,  Minnie 250 

Dillion,   Robert 18 

Dinger,  F.  W 114,  291 

Disbrow,  Elias 181 

Disbrow,  Mrs.  Elias 18 

Disotell,  Mrs.    Mary 189 

District,  Albany 134 

District,  Ashgrove ......   31 

District,  Middlebury 57 

District,  Plattsburgh 57 

District,  Rhinebeck 29 

District,  Saratoga 57,  134 

District,   Troy 54,  134 

District,  West  Jersey 12 

Dixon,  John  J 219 

Dixon,  Mary  J 219 

Dock,  Christian 271 

Dock,  Dora 271 

Dock,  Elisabeth 271 

Dock,  Lena 271 

Dock,  Michael 271 

Doggett,  Bishop 151 

Dolby,  James 278 

Doll,  Lucretia 250 

Dollar,  Fannie  A 219 

Dooris,  Jennie 219 

Dooris,  Joseph  M 219 

Dorley,  Sarah  A 189 

Doty,  Julia  R 189 

Doty,  Louisa 189 

Doty,  Mrs.  Julia  M 189 

Doughty,  Mrs.  Tillie 189 

Douglass,  George 152 

Douglass,  G.  I 178 

Doug  lass,  Serula 219 

Dow,  Carrie  R 239 

Dow,  George  H.  P 249 

Dow,  Lorenzo 9,  16,  20,  283,  285 

Dow,  Martha 197 


INDEX. 


349- 


Dow,  Martha  J 189  Butcher,  George  W 210 

Dow,  Mary  E 239  Dutcher,  Jennie 260 

Dow,  1'.  L.,  234,  235,  245,299,  300,301,  Dutcher,  Lillian 210 

307.  Dutcher,  Mrs.  Barbara 189 

Dow,  Mrs.  P.  L 169,  171,  246  Dutcher,  Mrs.  Phoebe  A 189 

Dow,  William  L 239  Dutcher,  Nelson  R 189 

Dowd,  Helen  M 260  Dutcher,  William   II 239. 

Dowd,  Mrs.  Helen  M 267  Dwyer,  Alonzo .260 

Downs,  Caroline 250  Eames,  Henry 18.  285,  287 

Downs,  Flint  W 251  Earl,  James  H 139,  310 

Downs,  Silas 248,   249,  251  Earl,  W 200 

Dowsett,  Isaiah  C 189  Eaton,   Homer 291 

Dowsett,  Maud 189  Eaton,  John 251 

Dowsett,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 189  Eckland,  Dorothy 239 

Draper,  Jane 239  Eckland,  John  C 239 

Dreger,  Anna 271  Eddy,  George  W 219, 

Dress 27,  28,  29  Eddy,  Samuel 22,  31 

Drew,  Daniel 155,  156,  327,  328  Eddy,  Titus 112 

Drew,  Henry 200  Eddy,  T.    M 148 

Driggs,  Sarah 210  Edgerton,  S.  W 295 

Dudoire,  Fannie 239  Edmons,  Frank  T 219. 

Dudoire,  Hallalie 239  Edmons,  George  P 219. 

Dudoire,   Nelson 239  Edmons,  Julia  M 219 

Dudoire,  Peter  M 239  Edmons,  Walter  J 219 

Dufty,  Alice 25 1  Edson,  Martha 63 

Duf ty,  Betsy 251  Edson,  O.  W 63 

Dufty,  David 248,  249,  251  Edson,  Catharine  W 182 

Dufty,  John 248,  249  Edwards,  Annie  E 239 

Dufty,  Mary 251  Edwards,  E 234,  235 

Dummer,  H.  B 260  Edwards,  Charles 300 

Dummer,  Sylvia  S 260  Edwards,  Emma 239 

Dunbar,  John 25 1  Edwards,  Eddie 239 

Dunbar,  Maggie 251  Edwards,  Edward 234.  239 

Dunbar,  Mary 251  Edwards,  Frederick 239 

Duncan,  George  H 260    •    Edwards,   George 239 

Duncan,  Mary  E.  B 260  Edwards,  Jonathan 239 

Dungy,  John.  .  .56,    118,  175,  285,  288  Edwards,  Lilly 239 

Dunning,  Mrs.  William 254  Edwards,  Maggie 239 

Dunsbeck,   Edith 219  Edwards,  Mary  A 239 

Dunshee,   Nellie 219  Edwards,  Mary  C 239 

Durbin,  J.  P 70  Edwards,  Mrs.  Charles 254 

Dusenberry,  Alice 260  Edwards,  0 234,  235 

Dusenberry,  Eddie 260  Edwards,  Thomas  234,  239,  246 

Dusenberry,  Kate 260  Edwards,   Thomas  C 239 

Dusenberry,  Levinus 219  Edwards,  Thomas  Ensign 239 

Dusenberry,  Mary  E 219  Edwards,  William  1 1. ,234, 235, 239, 246 

Dusenberry,  Mrs.  Alice  A 189  Egleston,  Alice 210 

Dutcher,  Anna 260  Egleston,  Zina  P.,  47,  87.  88,  174.  181 

Dutcher,  E.  H in  Eichols,  Emma 189 


350 


INDEX. 


Elders,  Local 175,  177,  184 

Elders,  Presiding 174,  303 

Eldred,  Minnie 189 

Eldred,  Mrs.  Susan  M 189 

Eldridge,  Darbin 42 

Elkenburgh,  Berdella 260 

Elliott,  D.  T 293,  294,  295 

Ellick,  Mary  V 278 

Elwell,  Mrs.  Carrie 189 

Embury,  Philip 5,  6,  7 

Emerson,  George  S 335,  260 

Emerson,  Ida  May 220,260 

Emersonv  Lottie 239 

Emerson,  Nettie 239 

Emerson,  Oliver 97,  98,  102,  104, 

285,  289. 

Emerson,  Oliver  K 220 

Emerson,  Phoebe 240 

Emerson,  William 240 

Emery,  Bessie  A 220 

Emory,  Bishop 70 

Emory,  John  W 220 

Engel,  Ida 260 

Engel,  William  H 260 

Ensign,  Carrie 231,  232 

Ensign,  Datus 18,  285,  287 

Ensign,  Mary 251 

Ensign,  Pierce 25 1 

Eppelle,  Auguste 274 

Eppelle,  jr,  Auguste 271 

Eppelle,  sr.,  Auguste 271 

Eppelle,  F 268 

Eppelle,  Frank 274 

Eppelle,  jr.,  Frank 271 

Eppelle,  sr.,  Frank 268,  269,  271 

Eppelle,  John 1 16 

Episcopalians 34,  42 

Essegian,  Moses 231 

Estes,  C.  M 177,  204 

Etschel,  Elisabeth 271 

Etschel,  Elonora 271 

Etschel,  Libbie 274 

Evarts,  Emma 220 

Evarts,  H.  A 220,  227 

Evarts,  H.  L 220,  227 

Exhibit 281 

Exhorters,  175,  176,  184,  268,  234,319 

F,  Elias 199 

Fairlee,  J.  E 189 


Falkner,  Sarah 260 

Fallen,  Henry  D ' 260 

Fallen,  J  G 298,  299,  304,  305 

Fanning,  Elisha 198 

Farr,  Alfred  A.,  98,  no,  282,  283,  285, 

289,  290. 

Farr,  Gertrude  II 240 

Farr,  Mary  E 240 

Farr,  Mattie  P 240 

Farr,  Nelson  J 240 

Farrar,  H.C.,  111,137,139,158,163,296, 

297,  298,  299,  304,  305,  310,  314. 

Faulkner,  Jonas 177,  178 

Faulkner,  Julia  A 189 

Faulkner,  Margaret 63 

Faulkner,  Mrs.  Mary 189 

Faulkner,  Mrs.  Mary  E 189 

Fauncher,  Mr 198 

Feasey,  Caroline 220 

Feasey,  Lavina 220 

Feasey,  Thomas 220 

Fecks,  Annie 189 

Fellows,  Adam  C.,  120, 184, 185, 196,203 

Fellows,  A.  Clarke 189 

Fellows,  J.  Frank 189,  196 

Fellows,  Mrs.  Anna  M 189 

Felt,  Ellen  J 220 

Felter,  Charles  A 220 

Felter,  Edgar  M 189 

Felter,  Edwin 220 

Felter,  Mahlon 189 

Felter,  Mrs.  Edgar  M 189 

Felter,  Sophia 220 

Fenninger,  Wilhelmina 271 

Ferguson,  James .  .231 

Ferguson,  Minnie  L 189 

Ferguson,  Peter 231 

Ferguson,  Samuel  D.,  58,  88,  285,  288 

Ferric,  Mrs.   Cynthia  S 189 

Ferris,    Mr 14 

Filer,  Abraham 175 

Files,  Cordelia 240 

Files,  Nancy 240 

Filkins,  Mrs.  Sarah  J 189 

Filley,  M.  L 329 

Finch,  Caroline  L 210 

Finch,  Diana 210 

Finch,  John  L 210 

Finch,  John  W 240 


INDEX. 


Pinch,  Margaret  M 240 

Finder,  John 240 

Finder,  Lydia 271 

Finder,  Mrs.  Elva  A 189 

Finder,  William 189,  271 

Finder,  jr.,  William 204 

Finkle,  John 251 

Finkle,  Mrs.  John 251 

Firth,  Annie 240 

Firth,  Lena 240 

Fischer,  Albert 116,  268,  269,  271 

Fischer,  Frederick 271 

Fisher,  Freda 231 

Fisk,   Bessie 189 

Fisk,  Nellie  L 189 

Fisk,  James  Y 189,  196 

Fisk,  E.  J 189 

Fisk,  Lorenzo  C 202 

Fisk,  Mary 189 

Fisk,  Mrs.  Mary  V 197 

Fisk,  Sarah 289 

Fisk,  Sarah  L 63 

Fitch,  G.  W 295 

Fitz  Gerald,  James  N 317 

Fleming,  John  F 220,  227 

Fletcher,  Ellen 240 

Flynn,  Mary 260 

Fojeian,  Paul 189 

Follansbee,  Helen  M 220 

Foltes,  Robert  H -189 

Fonda,  Lydia  J 220 

Foose,  Alida 220 

Foose,  Mary 220 

Foose,  Stella  M 220 

Ford,  Cornelius  R 98,  290 

Ford,  D.  L 260 

Ford,  Ella 220 

Ford,  Fannie 213 

Ford,  Fannie  A 210 

Ford,  Herbert 214,  215,  220 

Ford,  Isaac  V 220 

Ford,  Jane 23 1 

Ford,  Jane  M 260 

Ford,  Kate  E 220 

Ford,  Mrs.  H 227 

Forman,  George  W 240 

Fortune,  Louisa  M 220 

Fosmyer,  Clara 260 

Foss,  Cyrus  D 314,  317 


Foster,  Abner .22,  53,  175,  181 

Foster,  E 257,  291 

Foster,  Egbert 260 

Foster,  Elizabeth 240 

Foster,  Kate 260 

Foster,  Mrs.  E 267 

Foster,  Randolph  S.,  151,153,154,155, 

317,  327,  328. 
Foster,  William.  . .  .234,  235,  240,  310 

Foungart,  Catharine 271 

Fournear,  Jane 17 

Fournear,  John 17 

Fowler,  Abijah 200 

Fowler,  Charles  H 317 

Fowler,  jr.,  Isaac 199 

Fox,  Ella 189 

Fox,  Florence  M 189 

Fox,  George  E 220 

Fox,  Mrs.  Adelia 189 

Fox,  R 293,  294,  308 

Fradenburgh,  Alice  M 240 

Fradenburgh,  George  W.  . .  .240,  246 
Fradenburgh,  Mrs.  G.  W.  . .  .245,  246 

Francis,  J.  M 239 

Frank,  Catharine 251 

Frank,  David 260 

Frank,  Leah 251 

Frank,  Mary  E 260 

Frank,  Stephen 93,  251 

Frear,  Chauncey  D 240 

Frear,   Rosanna 240 

Fredericks,  A 208 

Fredericks,  Allen 209,  210 

P'redericks,  Elizabeth 21 1 

Fredericks,  Mrs.  A 213 

Fredericks,  Cordelia 220 

Freeman,  Josephine 220 

Freeman,  Nettie 185 

French,  Asa 240 

French,  Carrie 246 

French,  Jesse 240 

French,  Louisa 240 

French,  Leah 251 

French,  Roswell 145,  240,  310 

French,  Sarah  M 240 

French,  S.  W 215 

Friend,  Heathen  Woman's 160 

Friends,  Society  of 34 

Frost,  Edward  J 220 


352 


INDEX. 


Fry,  E.  A , .  .  .  .  256,  257,  260 

Fry,  Kate  .    260 

Fry,  Nettie 220 

Gage,  Emeline 220 

Gage,  Jessie  F 220 

Gage,  Viola 220 

Gale,  John  B 230 

Gale,  Samuel 9 

Gale,  Heinrit-h 271 

Gall,  Henry 274 

Gall,  Maria 271 

Gallagher,  Bessie 240 

Gapp,   Frederick 271 

Gapp,   Fred 274 

Gapp,  Louisa 271 

Gardiner,  A 240 

Gardiner,  Sarah. 240 

Gardiner,  Kate 240 

Gardner,  Mr 68 

Gardner,  Minnie 251 

Gardner,   Dow 25 1 

Gardner,    Daniel 251 

Gardner,  Eliza 251 

Gardner,  Emma 25 1 

Gardner,    Jefferson 16,  87 

Gardner,  William 46,  47 

Garrettson,  Freeborn 7,  18,  45 

Garvin,  A.  W 66,  176,  285,  289 

Gatchell,  Joseph   , 176 

Gates,  Addie 260 

Gates,  Addie  C 220 

Gates,  John  F 260 

Gauss,  Catharine 271 

Geddes,  Ellen 240 

Geddes,  Herbert  M 240 

Geddes,  Ida 240 

Geddes,  William 240 

Geer,  Lewis 240 

George,  Enoch 52,  314 

German,  Kate 220 

Germans 114.  130 

Gibbon,  Mary      220 

Gibbonsville 17 

Gibson,  Minnie 240 

Gidney,  Charles  T 276.  277,  278 

Gidney,  Harriet  A 278 

Gifford,  Ida  L 220 

Gifford,  Mary  J    220 

Gifford,  M.  P ..220 


Gilbert,  Asahel 43,  47,  174,  ig& 

Gilbert,  D.  Golden 177 

Gilbert,  Emogine 240- 

Gilbert,  Golden 182 

Giles,  Charles  C 220 

Gill,  Charles 220 

Gill,  Edward 220 

Gill,  Martha 220 

Gill,  William  S 220 

Gillespie,  Bertha  M 220 

Gillespie,  Mrs.  Mary 189 

Gillespie,  Mrs.  Mary  K 197 

Gillette,  Burt  W 260 

Gillies,  Alexander 260 

Gillies,  Mary 260 

Gillies,   Nellie 220 

Gillies,  Clara 211 

Gillies,  Edward 211 

Gilman,  Mary  E 220 

Glasson,  Agnes  A 260 

Glasson,  Eddie  J 260 

Glasson,  John 257,  260 

Glasson,  William  H 260 

Gledhill,  Mary  K 220 

Gledhorn.  Mary 189 

Glendenning,  Annie  E 189 

Glominski,  Louisa 271 

Glass,   Allan 231 

Glass,  Elnora  E 231 

Goeway,  Nettie  A 240 

Goeway,  William 249,  251 

Golden,  Gilbert  D 53 

Golledge,  Kingman.  .228,  229,231,233 

Goode,  Mary 240 

Goode,  Mrs.  George  II 240 

Goodrich,  Honor 13 

Goodrich,  jr.,  Samuel 13 

Goodrich,  sr.,  Samuel 13 

Goodsell,  Buel.57, 168,285, 288,303, 317 

Gorgi,   August 271 

Gorgi,  Louisa 271 

Goring,  Thomas  W    .    .    .  .  100 

Goss,  E 285,  290,  291,  292 

Goss,  Ephraim 80,  282,  283,  308 

Goss,  Mrs.  E.  A 189,  204 

Gould,  George 326 

Gould,  Jennie 220,  227 

Gould,  Lillie 167,227 

Gould,  Lillie  H 220 


INDEX. 


353 


Coynes,  Mary 22O 

Grafton 134 

Gragg,  Hugh 201 

Graham,  Eliza 240 

Graham,  Eva. 251 

Graham,  Henry.  .  .214,  227,  297,  298, 
299,  300,  301. 

Graham,  Mattie  A 220 

Graham,  Mrs.  David 254 

Graham,  Mrs.  Henry...  158,  169,  171 

Graham,  Nettie  F 220 

Graham,  Sarah  N 220 

Grant,  Ulysses  S 151,  152 

Grate,  Amelia 211 

Gratz,  F.  G 297 

Gray,  Alice 220 

Gray,  Archibald 13 

Gray,  Carrie 220,  227 

Gray,  Charles  B 214,  215,  220 

Gray,  Sarah  E 220 

Gray,  Stannard 220 

Green,  Bessie  C 240 

Green,   Betsey 240 

Green,  Charles  D 260 

Green,  Charles  F 220 

Green,  Eliza 240 

Green,  Eliza  H 246 

Green,  Evaline 240 

Green,  Fred  O 240 

Green,  Jennie 260 

Green,  jr.,  Joseph 260 

Green,  Henry  L 260 

Green,  Lucinda 221 

Green,  Minnie  B 221 

Green,  Mrs.  Edward 227 

Green,  Mrs.  F.  O 246 

Green,  Mrs.  Harriet 189 

Green,  Oscar 221 

Green,  Philetus 75,  81,  175 

Green,  Rosa 260 

Greenfield,  J.  N 189,  204,  206 

Greenfield,  Mrs.  Catharine  A 189 

Greenman,  Emily  M 221 

Greenman,  Maggie  J 240 

Greenwood,  Mary 260 

Greenwood,  Mrs.    \V 170,  171 

Greenwood,  Mrs.  Mary 260 

Greenwood,  William   II.  II 267 

Greer,  David 228,  229,  233 


Greer,  Kitty 231 

Greer,  Mrs.    David 233 

Gregg,  Lizzie 25 1 

Gregg,  Reuben 112,  290 

Gregg,  Samuel 251 

Gregory,  Gilbert  D 92 

Gregory,  G.  H.  .137,139,292,  308,  310 

Gregory,  Lottie 190 

Grieves,  Bella 221 

Griffin,  Benjamin    .  .47,  174,  285,  287 

Griffin,  Lavia  G 158,  160 

Griffin,  Thomas  A 75 

Griffin,  William,  160,  177,303,304,305 

Griffin,  Mrs.  William 158,  160 

Griffith,  John 240 

Griffith,  Lulu .240 

Groat,  Cecilia 260 

Groat,  Charles 260 

Groat,  W.   H 304,  305,  309 

Groner,  Henry 117 

Groom,   Eliza 221 

Grouer,  Heinrich 271 

Grouer,   Maria 271 

Groves,  Alice 251 

Groves,  Edward 251 

Guenther,  Charles 260 

Guenther,  George 221 

Guenther,  Julia  M 221 

Guenther,    Kate 227 

Guenther,  Katie  R 221 

Guenther,   Naomi 261 

Guile,  Eveliza 22 1 

Gunnison,  Albert  C 182 

Gunnison,   Azubah 221 

Gunnison,  Carrie 221 

Gussman,  Ernstine 271 

Gussman,  Heinrich 272 

Gustafson,  Agnes  E 190 

Gustafson,  Anna  T.   M 190 

Gustafson,  Mrs.  Anna  C 190 

Gustafson,  Mrs.  Mary 190 

Gutman,  Alice 260 

Gutman,  Walter 260 

Guy,  Elizabeth 231 


Ilagadorn,  Mrs.  Sally 190 

Haight,  Frank 261 

Halt-,  Charles  B 190 


354 


INDEX. 


Hale,  Mrs.  Ellen  .M 190 

Hall,  Aaron 185,  93,  290 

Hall,   Betsey 240 

Hall,  B.  M 285,  295.  303 

Hall,  George  A 92,  137,  139,310 

Hall,  Harmony 415 

Hall,  J 290 

Hall,  William  B 56 

Hall,  William  P 175 

Haller,  J.  P 228,  233,  300,  301 

Haller,  Mrs.  J.  P 170,  171 

Halse,  Douglass 231 

Halse,  Jane 231 

Halse,  Lizzie 231 

Hamar,  Angeline 261 

Hamele,  David 272 

Hamele,   Friederica 272 

Hamill,  Lizzie 221 

1  l.imlin.  T.    S 314 

Hamline,  L.  L. . . . no,  314 

Hammer,   Thomas 240 

Hammond,  Ammon 56 

Hammond,  Charles   H 221.  227 

Hammond,  George  W 240 

Hammond,   Henry 221 

Hammond,  Mary  H 221 

Hammond,  Sarah  C 240 

Hampton,  Mattie 221 

Hampton,  Mary  F 221 

Hampton,  Minnie 163 

Hancox,   Elizabeth 261 

Hancox,  Estelle 261 

Hancox,  Joseph 251,  267 

Hancox,  Joseph   H 261 

Hancox,  Isaac 261 

Hancox,  Lizzie 261,  267 

Hancox,  Nellie 261 

Hancox,  Rebecca 261 

Hancox,  William  E 261,  267 

Hand,  Asa  C; 75 

Hanson,  James   231 

Hanson,  Mrs.  James 231 

Happe,   Emma 211,  213 

Happe,  Josie 211 

Harber,  Alfred 231 

Harden,  Catharine 231 

Harmans,  Frank 261 

Hannans,  Libbie 261 

Harper,  Agnes 240,  246 


Harper,  Carrie 240 

Harper,  John  B 240 

Harper,  Mary 240 

Harper,  Peter  A 241 

Harper,  William  J 241 

Harrington,  Lena  B 231 

Harris,  Edith 221 

Harris,  Harriet  L 221 

Harris,  Ida 23 1 

Harris,  J.  Ann 221 

Harris,  John  W 221 

Harris,  Martha 221,  241 

Harris,  William,  137,  139.  141,145,310 

Harris,  William   M 251 

Harrison,  Helen  J 231 

Harrison,  L 176 

Harrower,  Charles  S 92 

Hart,  Charles  W 261 

Hart,  Clara 221 

Hart,  Cooper 1 16 

Hart,  Harriet 261 

Hart,  J.  S 290,  291 

Hart,  Mertie 261 

Hartshorn,  Edwin  A.. .145,  183,.  190, 

196,    310,  2O2. 

Hartshorn,  Edwin  S loo 

Hartshorn,  ]essie 190 

Hartshorn,  Nancy  V 221 

Hass,  Emilie 272 

Hass,  Heinrich 272 

Hass,  Henry 268,  269,  274 

Hassell,  James 251 

Hassell,  Samuel 251 

Hastings,  Elizabeth 211 

Hastings,  George 21 1 

Hastings,  George  C  .  .208.209,21 1,213 

Hastings,  Loring  M 221 

Hastings,  Maria  A 221 

Hastings,  Mrs.  G.  C.  .  .  .159.  171.  213 

Hastings,   Nathan   M 209 

Hatch,   Louisa 278 

Haven,  Bishop 151 

Haverman,  Peter 155.  330 

Haviland,  Georgians 261 

Hawley,  Asa 251 

Hawley,  Cora 261 

Hawley,  C.  R. .  169,  171.  249,  254,  299, 

300,  301,  308. 
I  lawley,  Kate 261 


INDEX. 


355 


Hawley,  Marion 261 

Hawxhurst,  P.  R. . .  .76,  138,  139,  311 

Hay,  Gertrude 211 

Hayes,  Annie 231,  233 

Hayes,  J 228,  229 

Hayes,  Mary 231 

Hayes,  Mary  L 231 

Hayes,  Priscilla 231 

Hayford,  Mrs.  M.  L 190 

Hayner,  Carrie 211 

Haynes,  John 228,  231 

Haywood,  Clara 251 

Hay  wood,  Sarah 25 1 

Haywood,  William 251 

Hazen,  Wright 75,  81 

Hazzard, 199 

Heath,  C.  A,  S 298,  299 

Heath,  J.  W in,  139,  311 

Heck,  Reuben 6 

Hedding,   Elijah.  .55,  58,  64,  68,  88, 
1 10,  314. 

Heims,  George 190 

Heimstreet,  Mrs.  Emeline 190 

Heimstreet,   Stephen 177 

Heineke,  Richard 272 

Helbling,  Emelie 272 

Helmes,  Frederick  C 190,  197 

Helmes,    Mrs.  Lillie  A 190 

Helmes,  Francis 278 

Hemphill,  Andrew 199 

Helms,    Henrietta 221 

Helms,  Levi .  .221 

Henderson,  Abner 209,  211 

Henderson,  F 158 

Henderson,  Frances  C 211,  213 

Henderson,  Frank 211 

Henderson,  J 208 

Henderson,  James 209 

Henderson,  James  C 211 

Hennessy,  Mary 261 

Henry,  Chloe  P 241 

Herbage,  Mrs.  Libbie  M 190 

Herbage,  Mis.  W.  J 197 

Hermance,  Julia 272 

Hermance,   Anna 221 

Hermans,   F 267 

Herrick,  Alice 261 

Henick,  Clinton    B 190 

Henick,  Georgiana 261 


Henick,  Mrs.  Lillian  F 190 

Henick,  Sarah  J 190 

Herring,  Carrie  E 261 

Herring,  Florence 261 

Herring,  Henry  E 261 

Herring,  Sarah  E 261 

Herrington,  Henry 261 

Herrington,  Orlena 261 

Herriott,  Alphonzo 251,  254 

Herriott,  Delia 251 

Herriott,  Mrs.  M.  J  .  . . .  169,  171,  254 

Herter,  Louis 272 

Herter,   M 272 

Hervey,  James 2 

Herzog,  C.  J 248,  249,  251 

Herzog,  Emma  L 251 

Hess,  Alvina 272 

Hess,  Wendel 1 16 

Hess,  jr.,  Wendel 272,  274 

Hess,  sr.,  Wendel.  .  .268,  269,  272,  274 

Heuson,  John 231 

Hewes,   S 291,  308 

Hewitt,   Ann  E 221 

Hewitt,  Ida 227 

Hewitt,  Ida  May 22 1 

Hewitt,  George  W.  L 221 

Hewitt,   R.  W 214,  215,  221,  227 

Hibbard,  F.  G 75 

Hicks,  Lewis .241 

Hicks,  Lewis  E 246 

Hicks,  Mrs.  Hannah  A 190 

Hicks,  Mrs.  L.  E 246 

Hicks,  Nellie 241 

Higbie,  Benjamin 199 

Hill,  Almira 221 

Hill,  Charles 221 

Hill,  C.  C 177,  203 

Hillhouse,  Thomas 198 

Hillman,  Elizabeth..  .  .53,  78,  79,  no, 

127. 
Hillman,  Isaac.  ..50,  53,  60,  102,  104, 

105,  107,  no,  127,  129,  134. 

Hillman,  Jacob 79 

Hillman,  Joseph.  .  .15,   59,  60,  64,  72, 

73.   80,   98,   no,   in.  116,  1 20,  129, 

'35'  !37>  139'  J4°,  141.  143-  '45.  H7- 
148.  149,  155.  156,  159.  182.  1*4. 185, 
202,  206,  234,  235.  241,  245.276,277, 
310,  311,  314.  327- 


356 


INDEX. 


Hillman,  Mrs.  Joseph. .  .23,  116,  151, 

162,163,  !%'  !7'»  '84,  19°>  19&>  3'4 

Hilhnan,  Nancy 50 

Hillman,  Ordelia  M.  .23,  116,  151,162, 

163,  169,  171,  190. 

Hills,  Francis 221 

Himes,  Charles  F 328 

Himes,  Edward 221 

Himes,  John 241 

Himes,  Libbie 241 

Himes,  Sarah 221 

Hines,  Maggie   211 

Hines,  Mary 211 

Hines,  Minnie 211 

Hines,  Mrs.  Mary 211 

Hines,  Sarah 211 

Hislop,  Albert  E 241 

Hislop,  Annie 231,  241 

Hislop,  Elizabeth 241 

Hislop,  Fannie 241 

Hislop,  Frank  W 241 

Hislop,  Jessie 241 

Hislop,  Thomas  VV 228,  229,  233 

Hoag,  Levi 221,  227 

Hoag,  Mrs.  Levi 227 

Hoag,  Ruth  G 221 

Hobbs,  DeWitt 241 

Hobbs,  Howard 241 

Hobbs,  Josie 241 

Hodges,  Clara 221 

Hodges,  George  C 261 

Hoffman,  A.  J 329 

Hoffmaster,  Olive 221 

Hoffmeister,  Heinrich 272 

Hoffmeister,  Henry 274 

Hogle,  Philip 93 

Holdridge,  Merton  A 190 

Holiness,  Doctrine  of. ..  126,127,  130, 

147,  148. 

Holland,  Frank 25 1 

Hollis,  Elizabeth  A 241 

Hollister,  Carrie 211 

Hollister,  Carrie  V .  190 

Hollister,  Maggie 197 

Hollister,  Maggie  L 190 

Hollister,  Mrs.  Carrie  C 190 

Hollister,  William  H. .  .184,  190,  203, 

208,  209. 
Holman,  D.  C 139,141,311 


I  lolmes,  Addie 261 

Holmes,  Augusta  M 221 

Holmes,  Clara   E 190,  196,  197 

Holmes,  Edward 184 

Holmes,  Henry.  .183,184,190,197.203 

Holmes,  Lizzie   E 190 

Holmes,  Mrs.  Maria  M 190 

Holmes,  Osborn  W 221 

Holt,  Ellen 241 

Holt,  Kittie 261 

Holtz,  Nellie 221 

Home,  Day 45 

Home,  Kent 164 

Homer,  William  K 261 

Hooper,  John 221 

Hooper,  John  H 277 

Hooper,  Mrs.  Ellen  M 190 

Hooper,  Otis  F 190 

Hoosick 134 

Horning,   Mary 261 

Horton,  Alice 261 

Horton,   Elvira 241 

Horton,  Eva  C 26 1 

Horton,  George  W 183,   184,  185, 

190,  203. 

Horton,  Harry  G 190 

Horton,  Isabel  F 190 

Horton,  James  M 190 

Horton,  Merritt 267 

Horton,  Mrs.  Catharine  E 190 

Horton,  Mrs.  Effie  W 190 

Horton,  William  H 190 

Hotchkin,  A.   L 204 

Hotchkin,  Delia  M 190 

Hotckin,  Nettie  M    190 

Houghtaling,  James   B 75 

Houghtaling,  Mary  E 241 

House,  Edward  O.,  120,  184.  185,  190, 

197,  203,  276,  277. 

House,  Mrs.  Anna  K 184,  190 

House,  Mrs.  E.  0 169,  171,  197 

House,  Samuel  A 203 

Howard,  Caroline 261 

Howard,  Elias 200 

Howard,  Harriet  H 200 

Howard,  John 200 

Howard,  Kate 261 

Howe,  Chandler  C 221 

Howe,  Jerod  D 241 


INDEX. 


357 


Howe,  Philander  A 261 

Howe,  Samuel   16,  282,  283,  285 

Howes,  Elizabeth 241 

Howes,  George 241 

Howes,  Hattie 241 

Howland,  Edgar  O.,  111,135,139,141, 

3"- 

Howland,  Gardiner,  78,  no,  127,137, 

I39>  HI,  3".  326.  33°- 

Hoxie,  G.  W 311 

Hudson,  Daniel 96,  97,  112 

Hudson,  Loraine 221 

Hudson,  Myra 164 

Hudson,  Thomas 221 

Hudson,  Upper 7 

Hues,  Joseph 200 

Huff,  John 190 

Huff,  Henry 190 

Huff,  Margarethe 272 

Huff,  Mrs.  Fannie  E 190 

Hughes,  George 214,  215,  221 

Hughes,  Lucy 221 

Hughes,  William  H  .  .  72,  85,  293,  295, 

296,  3°3- 

Hulbert,  G.    W 234,  235 

Hulbert,  Charles  W 234,  241,  245 

Hulbert,  Edwin  H 190 

Hulbert,  Mrs.  C.  W.,  234,245,246,158 

Hulbert,  Mrs.  Kate  A 190 

Hulbert,  Philip  F 241 ,  245 

Hulbert,  Sarah  A 241 

Hulbert,  S.  C 203,  245 

Hulbert,  Seymour 190 

Hulburd,  David  P.,  282,  283,  285,  292 

Hulburd,  M 294 

Hull,  Fred 221 

Hull,  Jennie 221 

Hull,  Levaldin. .  .  .  139,  141,  145,  214, 

221,  311. 

Hull,  Lillian 211 

Hull,  Margaret 221 

Hull,  Mary  C 261 

Hull,  Mrs.  Mary  C 267 

Hulme,  James 75 

Humphrey,  Allen    211 

Humphrey,  Fidelia 211 

Humphrey,  Ira  P 256,  257,261 

Humphrey,  Jessie 261 

Hunt,  Enoch 97,  176,  182.  190 


Hunt,  Hattie 261 

Hunt,  Margaret  M 221 

Huntington,  P 200 

Hurd,  Cora 221 

Hurd,  Delia  G 221 

Hurd,  George  B 221 

Hurd,  Gurtie  V 222 

Hurd,  R.  B.,  145,  214,  215,222,227,311 

Hurd,  Rollin  J 222 

Hurd,  William  F 75 

Hurst,  Charles 190 

Hurst,  John  F 317 

Hutchinson,  Mrs.  Mary  A 190 

Huth,  Amanda 190 

Huth,  Mrs.  Sarah  R 190 

Huyck,  Anna  F 261 

Huyck.  Francis 261 

Huyck,  Jennie  N 261,  267 

Hyde,  Liberty 175 

Hymns,  John  Wesley's 319 


Ide,  George^  P 214 

Ide,  Herbert  S 222 

Ide,  John  C 214,  215,  222 

Ide,  Josephine 222 

Ida,  Mount 45,  61 

Ide,  Mrs.  F.   B 164 

Ide,  Mrs.  J.  C 169,  171 

Ide,  Mrs.  George  P 222 

Ide,  Stella  M 222 

Her,  Amanda  B 251 

Her,  Edith 251 

Her,   Eva 251 

Her,  Irene 25 1 

Her,  Joseph  H 248,  249,  251,  254 

Her,  Lottie 251 

Her,  Lydia 251 

Her,   Martin 251 

Her,  Mary 25 1 

Her,  Mrs.  J.  II 254 

Her,   Philetus 251 

Irnerson,  Ada 241 

Imerson,  Ernest 241 

Imerson,  Esther 241 

Imerson,  Mary 241 

Imeson,  Alida 261 

Immersions 3'»  59 

Ingalls,  Harry  O 190 


358 


INDEX. 


Ingalls,  Horace  B 190 

Ingalls,  Mrs.   M.  E 190 

Ingalls,  Oscar  F 190 

Ingram,  Harriet 251 

Inn,  Ashley's 8 

Inskip,  John  S 147 

Instruments,  Musical 60 

Irish,  Mrs.  Emeline 191 

Iron  Works 49,  60 

Invin,  Margaret 222 

Islands,  Bahama 107 

Itinerants 12 

Ives,  Emeline 211 


Jackson,  Elizabeth 211 

Jackson,  Hattie  A 278 

Jackson,  Levinia 278 

Jackson,   Martha 278 

Jackson,  Matilda 278 

Jackson,  Mrs.  Martha 280 

Jackson,  Perry  M. . .  .276,  277,278,280 

Jacobs,  Annetta  E 222 

Jacobs,  John  E 222 

Jacobs,  Jacob  V 214,  222 

Jacobs,  Mary  A 222 

Jail,  Rensselaer  County 21,  309 

Jamieson,  Matilda 222 

Jamison,  James 191 

Janes,  E.  S 92,  149,  150,  151,  152 

Janes,  Lester 67,  290 

Jejeiam,  Manorg  H 191 

Jenny,  Sarah  J 241 

Jepson,  Ida  M 191 

Jessemine,  James 222 

Jillson,  Mrs 13 

Job,  Esther 251 

Johnson,  A 291 

Johnson,  Albinus 285 

Johnson,  Carrie  F   191 

Johnson,  Emily  C 191 

Johnson,  E.  S .311 

Johnson,  Frederick 222 

Johnson,  John 17 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 191 

Johnson,  Mrs.  Frederick 227 

Johnson,  Samuel 25 1 

Johnson,  Sarah  F 222 

Johnson,  Sarah  J 241 


Jombarjean,  G.  M 191 

Jones,  Addie 222 

Jones,  Ann 241 

Jones,  Bishop 151 

Jones,  Carrie  A 191 

Jones,  Catharine 222. 

Jones,  E 206 

Jones,  Eliza 251 

Jones,  Ella   H 206 

Jones,  Fred 248,  249,25 1 

Jones,  Harry  B 191 

Jones,  Libbie 232 

Jones,  Lizzie 222,  227 

Jones,  Lewis 118 

Jones,  Maria 222 

Jones,  Mrs.  Angeline  M 191,  203 

Jones,  Mrs.  Carrie  E 191 

Jones,  Mrs.  C.  W 163 

Jones,  Mrs.  J.  B 227 

Jones,  Octavous.. .  .178,  183,  191,  202 

Jones,  Sarah 261,  278 

Jordan,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 191 

Jordan,  William 261 

Joyce,  Isaac  W 317 

Jutkins,  A.  J 291,  292.  307 


Karajian,  G.  H 191 

Kavanaugh,  Bishop 151 

Keating,  Cora  A 241 

Keating,  Mrs.  E.  A 245 

Keeler,  Katie 211 

Keeling,  H 199 

Keeling,  Richard 199 

Keith,   Harriet 191 

Keith,  Isaac 204 

Keith,  Robert , 191 

Keller,  J 268,  269 

Keller,  Julius 268,  272,  274 

Keller,  Maria 272 

Kellum,  Mrs.  Gertrude 191 

Kelly,  Andrew 280 

Kelly,  Hortense 241 

Kelly,  Louisa  M 241 

Kelly,  Matilda 278 

Kelly,  Nancy 278 

Kelly,  Richard 277,  278 

Kelly,  William 200 

Kemcut,  Ida  Amelia 241 


INDEX. 


559 


Kerncut,   Nathaniel 241 

Kemp,   H 276 

Kemp,  Hansel 278 

Kemp,  J.  A 276 

Kemp,  John  H 277,  278 

Kemp,  Indianna 278 

Kemp,  Lucy 278 

Kemp.  Margaret 278 

Kemp,   Marietta 278 

Kemp,  Nancy 278 

Kemp,   Rosa 278 

Kemp,  Sarah 278 

Kemp,   Sally 278 

Kemp,  W 276 

Kemp,  William 274,  277,  278 

Kendall,  Clara 261 

Kendall,  Frank 241 

Kendall,  Jennie  E 241 

Kendall,  Mary  E 191 

Kendall,   Mrs.  Jennie  E 191 

Kendall,  Newall  A 191 

Kennedy,  D 326 

Kennedy,  Edith 241 

Kennedy,   Elizabeth.  .  .    241 

Kennedy,  H.  S 234,  235 

Kennedy,  Howard  S..  .  .234,  241,  245 

Kennedy,  Josephine 241 

Kennedy,  Lydia  A    241 

Kennedy,  Maggie 241 

Kennedy,  Susie 241 

Kenter,  Sarah  J 261 

Kenyon,  David  R 191 

Kenyon,  Mrs.  Emily 191 

Ketchum,  Joel 13,  21.  25 

Kilburn,  Sophia  \V 222 

Kilby,  Charles 222 

Kimball,  Burr 222 

Kimball,  Henry  D.  .72.73.178,296.314 

Kincaid,  Agnes 222 

Kindler,  Joseph 295 

King,  Alford  Floyd 191 

King,  Eliphalet 23,  25 

King,   Eliphalet 198 

King,  Eliphalet  R 24.  182 

King,  Elizabeth  R 191 

King,  Eliza  J 222 

King,  Harvey  J 24.  326 

King,  James  M 294,  295 

King,  Joseph  E 153 


King,  Letitia  E    191 

King,  Mary  J 191 

King,  Matilda  E , 191 

King,  Mrs.  Mary 191 

King,  Mrs.  Myron 50 

King,  Mrs.  Sarah  R 191 

King,  Myron 203,  206 

King,  Roger 24,  53,  181,  201 

Kingswood 3 

Kinlock,   Alexander 222 

Kinlocic,  Mary  J 222 

Kinlock,  Reed 222 

Kipp,  Abbie 227 

Kipp,  Abbie  E    222 

Kipp,  Walter  L 176 

Kirchfield,  Amanda  .  .  .  .246,  272,  274 

Kirchfield,  Barbara  . . ." 272 

Kirk,  Celia  C 241 

Kirk,  Elizabeth 222 

Kirkbride,   Margaret 251 

Kirkbride,   Mary 252 

Kirkbride,   Mrs.  Samuel 254 

Kirkbride,    Sarah 252 

Kirkbride,   Samuel  A 94 

Kirkbride,   Wilson 252 

Kitchel,  C.  L 328 

Kittle,  Mrs.  Evalina 191 

Kittridge,  Clarissa 252 

Kittridge,  Mrs.   George 254 

Kline,   Leonard 222 

Kline,  Mary 222 

Kling,  Margaret  E 261 

Klock,  jr.,  Daniel.  .  ico,  101,  183,  184, 
185,  191,  196,  202,  228,  233. 

Kiock,  Emma  L 241 

Klock,  Fred 241 

Knapp,  Elder 63 

Knapp,  Etta 241 

Knauff,  Hattie 261 

Knight,  Caleb 83,  175 

Knight,  Catharine 211 

Knight,  Horace  B 75 

Knight,  Joseph  H .204 

Knight,  Mrs.  Catharine 213 

Knight,    Richard 241 

Knowlton,  Mrs.  Maria  A 191 

Kochart,  Emma 211 

Kochart,  Paulina 211 

Koehler,  John  .  .          222 


INDEX. 


Koon,  Anna 211 

Kreiss,  Caroline 272 

Kreiss,  Carrie 274 

Kreiss,  Elizabeth 272 

Kreiss,  H 268,  269 

Kreiss,  jr.,  Heinrich 272 

Kreiss,  jr.,  Henry 274 

Kreiss,  sr.,  Heinrich 272 

Kreiss,  sr.,  Henry 274 

Kronick,  Emma 261,  267 

Kronick,  John  M 261 

Kronick,  Mary 261 

Kuehn,  Ludwina 272 

Kurth,  William  H.,  117,268,269,  272, 
274,  299,  300,  301. 


Labrun,  Mrs.  Judith  A 191 

Ladies'  Aid  Society 202 

Lahann,  Henry 116 

Lake  Champlain 7,8 

Lake,  Lain  a 261 

Lamoreaux,  A.  &  D 198 

Landslide 6 1 

Landon,  Frederick  E 222 

Landon,  Gardner.  .53,  71,  96,  97,  123, 
175,  176,  182. 

Landon,  G.  &  H 87 

Landon,  Julia  C 63 

Landon,  Rosa 222 

Lane,  Anna 222 

Lane,  Charles   175,  181 

Lane,  George  N 222 

Lane,  Mrs.  Jacob  L 42 

Lane,  Sarah  C    222 

Lang,  Robert 241 

Lang,  Sarah 241 

Lansing,   Abrani 267 

Lansing,  Anna  J 262 

Lansing,  Garrett 222 

Lansing,  Hattie 222 

Lansing,  Laura 222 

Lansing,  Mary  A 262 

Lansing,  Mrs.  N 267 

Lansing,  N 256 

Lansing,  Nanning 257,  262,  267 

Lansingburgh,  7,  37, 40,  42,  43,  55,  67 

Larkins,  Alpha 191 

Lasell,  Elias 200 


Lasker,  William  P 262 

Lassells,  Julia          241 

Lassells,  Mary  E 241 

Lawrence.  Ocena 222 

Laymen,  Methodist 4 

Lazarus,  Ada 262 

Leaders,  Class : 

Fifth  Avenue  M.  E.  Church.  .  .  .214 
German,  M.  E.   Church,  First.. 268 

Grace  M.  E.  Church 257 

Levings  M.  E.  Church 249 

Pawling  Avenue  M.  E  Church  .209 
Third  Street  M.  E.  Church   .  .  ..228 

Trinity  M.  E.  Church 234 

State  Street  M.  E.  Church,  174,  175, 
176,  177.  184. 

Zion  Church,  A.  M.   E 277 

Learned,  Alice 222 

Lee,  Calista 262 

Lee,  Charles  A 191 

Lee,  H 206 

Lee,  H.  H 177 

Lee,  James 232 

Lee,  Minnie 262 

Lee,  Mrs.  Abbie 191 

Lee,  Mrs.   Eliza 191 

Lee,  Nathaniel 191,  203,  206 

Lee,  Thomas 262 

Leet,  Charles  M 191 

Leet,  Mrs.  Prudence 191 

Leet,  William  E 191 

Leffler,  Adaline 242 

Leffler,  Amelia 242 

Leffler,  Genevieve 242 

Leggett,  Delia  M 222 

Leggett,  J 215 

Leggett,  John 214,  222 

Leggett,  Joseph 214,  222 

Leggett,].  A 215 

Leggett,  Mary  Belle 222 

Leggett,  Mary  E 222 

Lemon,  Charles.  ..22,  26,  50,  53,  174, 
175,  181,  201. 

Lemon,  James 92 

Lemon,  Mrs,  Charles 22 

Lester,  Felix 199 

Levings,  Noah.  .33,  34,  35,  36,  57,  58, 

61,  88,  123,  282,283 , 285'  288.289,303 

Lewis,  Abbie 252 


INDEX. 


Lewis,  Charlton  T 76,  328 

Lewis,  Mary  J 222 

Lewis,  Mrs.  Peter  IS" 254 

Lewis,  Mrs.  Carrie 191 

Lewis,  Peter  N 252 

Lewis,  Z.  N 66,  289 

Lindsay,  John  W 61,  62,  128,  289 

Lindsay,  Sarah 278 

Link,  Effie 222 

Lippin,  Max  R 289 

Litty,    Frank 262 

Litty,  John 262 

Litty,  Sarah 262 

Livingston,  Levinia 278 

Lobdell,  Matilda 242 

Lockwood,  Etta 262 

London 4,  5 

Lout,  Cornelia 222 

Lont,   Lucinda 222 

Loomis,  Georgiana 262 

Loomis,  B.  B.  .298,  299,  304,  305,  307 

Lott,  Diana 242 

Lott,  Joseph 242 

Lott,    Libbie 242 

Lott,   Thomas  O 242 

Lovef easts 13,  22,  28,  29,  37 

Lovejoy,  Elizabeth 209,  211 

Lovejoy,  Mrs.  J.  A 191 

Lovejoy,  Mrs.  Libbie 213 

London,  John.  .22,  24,  46,  43,  170,  181 

Louisville 149 

Lowe,  Eliza 262 

Lub,  William   A 191 

Luccook,  John 75 

Luce,  Thomas 232 

Lucht,  Julia 272 

Luckey,  Samuel    .  .41,  42,  43,  45,  285, 
287. 

Lull,  Henrietta 222 

Lutz,  J .  G .  298,  299 

Lynk,  Nancy 262 

Lynk,  William 262 

Lyon,  A.  D 214,  215 

Lyon,  Asa  D 222 

Lyon,  Job  P 222 

Lyon,  Bert 222,  227 

Lyon,  H.  Elizabeth 222 

Lyon,  Mrs.  A.  D 158,  167,  227 

Lytle,  David 285,  923 


Mabeus,  Henry 1 16 

Mace,  Anna 262 

Mace,  Grace  V 262 

Mace,  Ida  E 262 

Mace,  Jesse  G 262 

Mace,  John 262 

Mace,  Maggie  L 262 

Mace,  Mrs.  John 267 

MacGregor,  Donald 314 

Mackey,  John 18 

Mackey,  John  W.  .  .  .88,  174,  181,  203 

Mackey,  Rebecca 18 

Maffitt,  J.  Newland.  .37,  41,  53,54,  61, 

62,  63,  66,  72,  128,  129,  282,  283,  285 

Magazine,  Methodist 37,  41,  53 

Magee,  Anna  M 222 

Magee,  Edgar  E 222 

Magee,  Harriet  E 223 

Magee,  Libbie 223 

Magee,  Rosanna  F 223 

Maguire,  Maria 223 

Main,  Mattie  E 223 

Mallalieu,  William   F 167,  317 

Mallery,  Hattie  E 191 

Mallery,  Mary  J 191 

Mallery,  Mrs.  Mary  J 191 

Mallory,  M.  C 205 

Mallory,  Stephen ..  177,  184,  185,  191, 

196,  203,   206. 

Mambert,  Arlington   H    242 

Mambert,  Alvin 242 

Mambert,  Electra 242 

Mambert,  Grace 242 

Mambert,  Ida 242 

Mambert,  Harrison 262 

Mambert,  Lottie 262 

Mambert,  Mary 211 

Mambert,  William   H 242 

Manheim    147 

Mann,  Fanny  M 262 

Mann,  Maria 262 

Mann,  Mrs.  Ellen  A 191 

Mann,  Mrs.  W.   H 197 

Mann,  O 262 

Mann,  William  H.  184,185,191,196,204 

Mannell,  Anna  May 191 

Mannell,  George 191 

Mannell,  Gussie  J 191 

Mannell,  Mary 191 


362 


INDEX. 


Manning,  Mrs.  Susan  P 191 

Manning,  Mrs.  W.  H 202 

Manning,  William  H 53,  78,  176, 

182,  234,  235,  246. 

Manning  &  Rowland 77 

Manning  &  Peckham 78 

Manville,  Jonas 211 

Manwarring,  Annie 87 

Marble,  Amanda  M 242 

Marble,  Jane 252 

Marble,  Jennie 242 

Marble,  Lizzie  M 242 

Marsh,  Alice 223 

Marshall,  Ellen 223 

Marshall,  Lorenzo 98,  289.  303 

Marston,  Clara 223 

Marstcn  &  Tibbits 329 

Martha's  Vineyard 134 

Martin,  Clarence  L 191,  205 

Martin,  Josiah  A 177,  191 

Martin,  Julia  A 192 

Martin,  Mrs.  Cynthia  L 192 

Martin,  Mrs.  Elsie  A 192 

Martindale,  Stephen.  .48,  53,  285,  287 

Marvin,  Daniel 77,  177 

Marvin,  jr.,  Daniel.  .63,  76,86,175,181 

Marvin,  sr.,  Daniel 53,  55,  175 

Marvin,  Valentine.  .55,  65,77,  96.129, 

175,  176,  182. 

Mason,  Daniel 75 

Mastin,  Henry  V.  W 175 

Mateer,  W.  Newton 223 

Matthews,  James 176,  192 

Matthews,  Mrs.  Alice 192 

Mattison,  Brother 64 

Mayfield,  Thomas 4,  5 

Moxon,  Clara 21 1 

May,  Charles  I) 192 

May,  E.  H 203 

May,  Earl  H 192 

May,  Edwin  A 192 

May,  Emma  J 192 

May,  Libbie  B 192 

May,  Mary  L 192,  196 

May,  Mrs.  Julia  A . .  192 

McAllister,  Laura 242 

McAllister,  Mrs 13 

McBurney,  William.. .  17.  18.25,53,174 
McCabe,  Alida 242 


McCabe,  C.  C 314,  31^ 

McCabe,  James 246 

McCabe,  James  E  242 

McCabe,  Sarah 242 

McCabe,  William 242 

McChesney,  Barbara 232 

McChesney,  Carrie  E 192 

McChesney,  Catharine 223 

McChesney,  Charlotte 223 

McChesney,  Emma 242^ 

McChesney,  Ensign.  . .  .  298,  299,  314 

McChesney,  Hester 262 

McChesney,  Martha  J 223 

McClellan,  Catharine 279 

McClintock,  John .  154. 

McClure,  Elizabeth 223 

McComber,  William 75 

McCrea,  David  N 262 

McCrea,  Jane 262 

McCrea,  William 262 

McCune,  Minnie 242 

McCune,  Mary 242 

McDonald,  John 262 

McDonald,  Mary 262 

McDougall,  R.  H 278- 

McDougall,  Charlotte 252 

McGill,  Anna 262 

McGill,  James 262 

McGill,  Susan 262 

Mcllvaine,  Nancy 223. 

McKay,  Catharine 252 

McKean,  John 232 

McKean,  S 301 

McKee,  Martha 242 

McKeever,  Elizabeth 262 

McKeever,  William 262 

McKinney,  John  H 262 

McKinney,  Joseph 262 

McKinney,  Susan 262 

McKittrick,  Mrs.  Carrie 192 

McKittrick,  W.  H 192 

McKnight,  Mattie .252 

McLaughlin,  Clara  P 242 

McLaughlin,  Elizabeth 242 

McLaughlin,  John  F 182 

McLean,  Elizabeth 262 

McLean,  George 262 

McManus,  William 199 

McMaster's  Familv.  .  .   .  .206 


INDEX. 


363 


McMasters,  Mrs.  Nancy 192 

McMurray,  Charlotte  E 192 

McNider,  Mary 192 

McNiven,  Jane  H 262 

McNiven,  Malcolm 262 

McPherson,  Alexander 137,  139, 

141,  311. 

McPherson,  Catharine 262 

McPherson,   Eliza 211 

McPherson,  James  A.    .234,  235,  242 

McPherson,  jr.,  James  A 242 

McPherson,  Maggie 242 

McPherson,  Minnie 242,  245 

McPherson,  Mrs.  J.  A   .169,  171,  246, 

267. 

McPherson,  Sarah  G 242 

Meachein,  John 232 

Meachem,  Lydia 232 

Meachem,  Mrs.  Charles 232 

Meachem,  Susie 232 

Meachem,  Thomas 232 

Mead,  Hattie  L 223 

Mead,  Mary 262 

Mead,  M.  B 290 

Mead,  Thaddeus 206 

Mead,  William  E 192 

Mead,  Zachariah 262 

Meader,  Margaret 242 

Meads,  William 1 18 

Mealey,  Milford 262 

Mealey,  Susan ." 262 

Mechanicville 134 

Meek,  Abraham 232 

Meek,  Nancy 232 

Meek,  Timothy 232 

Meeker,  Berea  O 282,  283,  286, 

290. 

Meeker,  Mrs.  Mary  E 192 

Meeker,  Mrs.   Ruth  A 192 

Meeker,  William  A 192 

Meeker,  W.  H 301 

Meeting,  Class  .   9,  12.  13,  14.  15,  17, 

18,  81,  82,  319. 

Meeting,  First  Camp 319 

Meetings,  Holiness 319 

Meeting-house,  First   Methodist 

in  America 6 

Meeting-house,    Presbyterian....     9 
Meetings,  Quarterly 22,  319 


Members  : 

Fifth  Avenue  M.  E.  Church, 217-226 
German  First  M.E.  Church, 27 1-273 

Grace  M.  E.  Church 255-266 

Levings  M.  E.  Church  ....  250-253 
Pawling  Avenue  M.E.  Church,  210- 

212. 

State  Street  M.  E.  Church. .  187-195 
Third  Street  M.  E.  Church,  231-232 

Trinity  M.  E.  Church 237-244 

Zion  A.  M.  E.  Church 278  279 

Membership 287-300,  312,  313 

Mercer,  Dorcas 31 

Merchant,  G.  W.  (Albany). .  138,  311 

Merchant,  G.  W.  (Troy) 138,  311 

Meredith,  R.  R 291 

Meredith,  Samuel 295,  296,  297, 

298,  304,  305,  307. 

Merrick,  Alice  A 252 

Merrill,  Carlton  H 192 

Merrill,  Sarah  T 192 

Merrill,  Stephen  M 317 

Merwin,  Samuel 54,  83,   286,  288 

Mesick,  Henry 192 

Mesick,  Mrs.  Emeline 192 

Mesick,  Rosannah 279- 

Methodism.  .  .  .  12,  13,  18,  21,  27,  121, 
170,  331,  332. 

Methodism,  Centenary  of 159. 

Methodists 5,  6,  170,  315,  316 

Meyer,  Elizabeth 272 

Meyer,  George 294 

Meyer,  Jakob 272 

Meyer,  Margarethe 272 

Michael,   Frank 192 

Mickle,  Alsada 262 

Mickle,  Annie 262 

Mickle,    Hattie 262 

Mickle,   Isaac 262 

Mickle,  Jennie 262 

Mickle,   Kate  E.  . .  262 

Mickle,   Mary 262 

Mickle,  Mattie 267 

Middletown    '3-33 

Middleton,  Emma  F 262 

Middleton,  Maggie  S 262 

Middleton,  Sophia  N 262 

Mielenz,  Charles  F 242 

Mielinz,  Clara 242 


364 


INDEX. 


Mielenz,  Florence 242  Mone,  Amanda  M 242 

Mielenz,  Ida -..  .242  Monroe,  Stephen 53,  86,  102,  175 

Mielenz,  Salome 272  Moon,  Jennie 263 

Migard,  John 252  Moon,  John  E 263 

Miller,  Addie  E 223  Moon,  Sarah  J 263 

Miller,  Adelbert 242  Mooney,  James  A 192 

Miller,  Alcena 223  Moore,  Anna 242 

Miller,  Dorothea 272  Moore,  Delia 242 

Miller,  Emma 263  Moore,  Ella  A 192 

Miller,  Jennie 263  Moore,  Fannie 242 

Miller,  John 242,  272  Moore,  George  F 311 

Miller,  Julia  C 242  Moore,   Henry 232 

Miller,  Libbie 223  Moore,  Lewis  K 223 

Miller,  Lucy   279  Moore,  Lillian 263 

Miller,  Margaret 223  Moore,  Susan 279 

Miller,  Sarah  A 223  Moore  &  Mims 329 

Miller,  U 199  Moorfields 4 

Miller,  W.  A 289  Moran,  Ella 242 

Milliken,  Arthur 47,  174,  181  Moran,  Sarah 211 

Milliman,  Alida 263  Morand,  Emeline  M 192 

Millington,  Margaret 252  Morand,  Ida  L 192 

Millington,  William 252  Morand,  Mrs.  Mary 192 

Millville 17  Morand,  Ulysses  G 192 

Mina 13  Morand,  William 192 

Ministers,  Deceased  Methodist.  .  .282,  More,  George  W 242 

283,  285.  Morehouse,  G.  C 294 

Ministers,  Methodist.    .  .287-300,  304,  Morey,  Charles  E.  .  145,  184,  185,  192, 

305-  197,  3io>  311. 

Minkler,  Albert 211,  213  Morey,  Clara  A 192,  197 

Minkler,  Charles 211  Morey,  George  W 192 

Minkler,  Eveline 211  Morey,  Manley  W.I77,  178,  184,  185, 

Minkler,  Lizzie 211  192,  202. 

Minkler,  Mrs.  Albert 213  Morey,  Mrs  Charles  E 167,  197 

Minkler,  Mrs.  Evaline 213  Morey,  Mrs.  Charlotte  A 192 

Mission,  Batestown 112  Morey,  Mrs.  Susan  M 192 

Mission,  Green  Island 112  Morgan,  Anna 223 

Mission,   Ladies' 309  Morgan,  C 291,  308 

Mission,  Stow's  Hill 309  Morgan,  Ephrairn 198 

Mitchell,  Ann 242  Morris,  G.  W 178 

Mitchell,  George 242  Morris.  Mattie 211 

Mitchell,  Joseph 10  Morris,  Sarah 263 

Mix,  Carrie 263  Mors,  Elisha 203 

Mix,  Harriet  R 263  Morse,  Caroline 263 

Mix,  Silas  C 263  Morse,  Lewis  T 263 

Moelling,  Peter  A 296  Morton,  John 232 

Moeske,  Albert 272  Morton,  Sarah 252 

Moeske,  Anna 272  Morton,  William 252 

Moll,  Mary 211  Mosenus,  Henry  M 263 

Moll,  Robert 211  Moses,  Elizabeth 242 


INDEX. 


365 


Mosher,  Martha  A 192 

Mott,  Emma 223 

Mott,  Caroline 223 

Moulton,  J 201 

Muckle,  Harry  L 242 

Muckle,  Mary  B 242 

Muench,  Mary 272 

Mulford,  J.  N 205,  314 

Mulholland,  Charles  H 242 

Mulholland,  Ellen 242 

Mulholland,  Emily 242 

Mulholland,  Kate  M 242 

Mullen,    Sarah 223 

Munn,  Lewis 201 

Munro,  John 192 

Munro,  John  C 192 

Munro,  Lizzie 192 

Munro,  Mary 21 1 

Munro,  A 309 

Myers,  Carrie 263 

Myers,  Carrie  I   192 

Myers,  Daniel 252 

Myers,  Hattie 192 

Myers,  Maria  M 192 

Myers,  Mrs.  Harriet  E 192 

Myers,  Mrs.  Sarah 192 


Nail  Works 93 

Naylor,  Anna 192 

Naylor,  George  W 192 

Naylor,  James 192 

Naylor,  Maud 192 

Naylor,  Mrs.   Emma 192 

Naylor,  Sarah 192 

Neal,  Marietta 263 

Nehrdich,  Johanna 272 

Nehrdich,  John 272 

Nelson,  Minnie 192 

Nelson,  Robert 204 

Nessels,  Ratie 263,  267 

Newburyport 5 

Newcomb,  Wesley 63 

Newman,  John  P 317,  335 

New  Rochelle 7 

New  Year's  Day 14 

New  York  City 5,  6,  7,  8,  10,  12 

Nichols,  Elizabeth  H 263 

Nichols,  Emma 263 


Nichols,  1 256,  257 

Nichols,  Isaac 263 

Nichols,  Ruby 263 

Nickerson,  Hattie 263 

Nickerson,  Nettie  E 263 

Nieson,  Anna  May 192 

Nieson,  Tina 192 

Niles,  Irene 263 

Ninde,  William  X 317 

Noble,  C.  F 294,  295,  296,  308 

Noble,  Edward 98,  104,  289 

Noll,  Carl  C 272 

Noll,  Ernestine 272 

Norris,  Anna 223 

Norris,  George 223 

Norris,  Mary  E 223 

Norsworthy,  Emma 263 

North,  Amanda 223 

Northup,  Addie  S 263 

Norton,  Ethel 192 

Norton  Mrs.  Estella 193 

Norton,  R.  S, 203 

Noyes,  Abby 42 

Noyes,  Richard 289 


Oakley,  P.   C 88,  286,  288 

O'Brien,  Carrie 223 

Odell,  Celia 193 

Official  Boards  : 

Fifth  Avenue  M.  E.  Church, 214,215 
German  M.  E.  Church, First,268,26g 

Grace:,M.  E.  Church 256,  257 

Levings  M.  E.  Church. . .  .248,  249 
Pawling  Avenue  M.  E.  Church, 208, 

209. 
State  Street  M.  E.  Church,  174,175, 

176,  177,  184,  185. 
Third  St.  M.  E.  Church.  .  .228,  229 

Trinity,  M.  E.  Church 234,  235 

Zion  Church,  A.  M.  E 276,  277 

Ogden,  Welthy 63 

Oglethorpe,  Governor 2 

Olin,  Dr 68 

Olmstead,  Mary 232 

Olmstead,  Sarah 223 

O'Reilly,  Ella...    263 

Organ 60 

Osbon,  Abiathar  M.54.  83.175,286.288 


INDEX. 


Osbon,  E.  S 138,  139,  311 

Osborn,  Henry 252 

Osborn,  Sarah 252 

Osborne,  Hattie 263 

Osborne,  Jane  D . . . . 263 

Osborne,  John 263 

Osborne,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  T 193 

Osgrove,  W.  B 286,  295,  296 

Osterhout,  Virginia 252 

Osterhout,  W.  A 252 

Ostrander,  Amelia  R 193 

Ostrander,  Daniel 46,  47,  174 

Ostrander,  Gideon 263 

Ostrander,  Mrs.  Amelia  R 197 

Ostrander,  Sarah  A 263 

Ostrom,  Thomas  L. .  .53,  87,  175,  181 

Outhet,  Annie 242 

Owens,  Frances 242 

Owens,  Phillip 277 

•Oxford I,  170 


Packard,  Chauncey  D.  .193,  203,  206 

Packard,  Lillie 193 

Paddock,  C.  M 223 

Paddock,  Mary 242 

Paddock,  Orinda  E 242 

Pagett,  Moses 248,  249.  252,  254 

Pagett,  Mrs.  Moses 252 

Paine,  Mrs.  John 42 

Paine,  Mrs.  Sarah  G 193 

Palmer,  Albert  E.  ..256,  257,  263,  267 

Palmer,  Alice 211 

Palmer,  A.  Lincoln 223 

Palmer,  Emma 263 

Palmer,  E valine 211 

Palmer,  Harriet 263 

Palmer,  James 263 

Palmer,  Mrs.  Alice 213 

Palmetier,  Catharine  E 193 

Parker  Delia 279 

Parker,  Henrietta 223 

Parkiss,  Lottie  M 263 

Parks,  Julia 223 

Parks,  Stephen 177,  182,  202.  291 

Parnnel,  Mary 243 

Pasco,  Francis  H 193 

Pasco,  Mary  Jane 193 

Pasco,  Mrs.    Caroline 193 


Pasco,  Mrs.  Robina 193 

Pasco,  Sarah 193 

Pasco,  William 193 

Pasko,  Mary 263 

Patchke,  Carrie 223 

Patterson,  Margaret 223 

Patterson,  Mrs.  Hattie  C 193 

Patterson,  Mrs.  T.  W.  P 233 

Patterson,  Robert 75 

Patterson,  Thomas 193 

Patterson,  T.  W.  P 184,  185,  204, 

228,  229,  233. 

Pattison,  John   A 243 

Patton,  Annie 193 

Paul,  Bertha 263 

Paul,  Catharine 263 

Paul,  Philip 263 

Pawling,  Albert 9,  198 

Payf er,  George,  M 223 

Payne,  Mary 232 

Payne,  William 232 

Peabody,  Andrew 193 

Peabody,  Charles  E 205 

Peabody,  Joseph 223 

Peabody,  Helen  E 193 

Peabody,  Mary  A 223 

Peabody,  Mrs.  Sarah  A 193 

Peabody,  Samuel 206 

Peabody,  Samuel  J. .  .  177,178,193,202 

Pease,  Lewis 29,  30,  286,  287 

Peck,  Athelia  N 263 

Peck,  Eleazer  A 151,  155 

Peck,  Jesse  T 127.  151,  153 

Peck,  William  E 263 

Peck  &  Hillman 328,  329,  330 

Peckham,  John   S 77 

Peckham,  Phosbe 193 

Peckham,  Reuben  .  .  .62,  77.  78,  120, 

129,  176,  177,  182,  202,  206,  326. 

Peckham,  Mrs.  Mary 193 

Peckham,  Samuel 77 

Peckham,  William  M  184,185,193,205 

Peebles.  Abby 42 

Peebles,  Hugh 199 

Peek,  Florence 223 

Pegg,  C.  M ..293,  294 

Peirce,  Chauncey 42 

Pennington,  Ida 252,  254 

Pennington,  James 249,  252,  254 


INDEX. 


367 


Pennington,  Mary 252 

Pennington,  Mrs.  James 254 

Pennington,  William 252 

Penrose,  Anna 223 

People,  Colored 56,  57,  118 

Percey  Lillie 193 

Percey,  Effie 193 

Perrigo,   Fannie 211 

Perry,   Annie 223 

Perry,  Bennett 223 

Perry,  Mary 223 

Pettiford,  William  H 277 

Peterman,  Ida    M 279 

Petersburgh 134 

Peterson,   Mary 243 

Peterson,   Mary  J 279 

Petriam,  H 193 

Pettis,  William 193 

iPettit,  Abbie 223 

Pettit,  Alice 223 

Pettit,  Arthur 223 

Pettit,  David  .H 223 

Pettit,  Earl  S 211 

Pettit,  George  W 208,  209.  211 

Pettit,  Hannah 13,  17 

Pettit,  Jennie 223,  227 

Pettit,  Jennie  M 211 

Pettit,  Phineas  S 214,  215,  223 

Pettit,  Eunice  C 223 

Pews,  renting 57,  58 

Peyton,  Jennie   D 193 

Phillips,  Henry 223 

Phillips,  Mary  E 223 

.Phillips,  Mrs.  Clara 193 

IPhillips,  Ralph 177,  204 

Phillips,  Zebuloa.  .282,  283,  286,  292, 

3°3'  326. 

Philp,  Helen  M 263 

Philp,  Mrs.   Helen  M 267 

Phoebus,  William 29,   286,  287 

Pickering,  Sarah  F 223 

Pier,  Orrin 75 

Pierce,  Bishop 152 

Pierce,  Charles  W 135 

Pigeons 24,  1 70 

Pike,  William  H..  .214,  215.  223,  227 

Pilkinton,  John 1 1 1 

Pilling,  Elizabeth 263 

Pinney,  Ann  E 263 


Pinney,  Cyrus 263 

Pitcher,  George  S 252 

Pitcher,  Libbie 223 

Pitcher,  Martha 252 

Pitman,  Charles 98 

Pitts,  Mary 223 

Pittsfield, 10 

Pittstown 22 

Place,  St.  Paul's 44 

Platt,  Moses 198 

Plum,  Mr 14 

Plum,  Mrs 13 

Plumb,   Lena 263 

Plumb,  Walter  D 263,  267 

Podmore,   Edward 252,  254 

Podmore,  Eva  J 193 

Podmore,  J.  W.  F.  .  184,  185,  193,  196, 
197,  203. 

Podmore,  Mrs.  S.  Alice 193 

Podmore,  Mrs.  Anne  G 197 

Poestenkill i  ^4 

Pollard,  Catharine 243 

Pollard,  Fannie 243 

Pollard,  Maria 243 

Pollard,  Mary, 243 

Pollock,    George 243 

Pollock,  Isaac 243.  246 

Pollock,  Jane 263 

Pollock,  jr.,  James 243 

Pollock,  John  A, 263 

Pollock,  Lottie  L 243 

Pollock,  Millie 243 

Pomeroy,  Benjamin  .  .  ..283.  286.  289 

Pomeroy,  D.  W 193 

Pomeroy,  Mrs.    Marion 193 

Popple,  Henry  A 193 

Popple,  Mrs.   Lizzie  A 193 

Population  of  Troy 312.  313 

Porter,  Flora  E 193 

Porter,  Thomas 201.  184 

Potliyan,  Emmanuel  H 184.  193 

Potliyan,  Jacob 193 

Potter,  John 252 

Potter,   Sarah 252 

Powell,  Mark  K 224 

Powell,  Mary 243 

Powell,  Rachel 252 

Prankard,  Carrie 263 

Prankard,   Frances.  . 263 


368 


INDEX. 


Pratt,  Annie  E 224 

Fratt,  Charity 224 

1'ratt,   Helen   F 263 

Pratt,  Julia 227 

Pratt,  Julia  A 224 

Pratt,  John  P 224 

Pratt,  Lulu  May 263 

Prayer- meetings.  .9,  14,  32,  35,38,83, 

105,  107,   108. 

Preachers,  Lay 4,  3 19 

Preachers,  Local   .174,   175,  176,  177, 

209,  228,  234,  249,  257,  268. 

Preachers,  Methodist 10,  n,  12 

Preaching,  Field 319 

Prell,  Henrietta 272 

Prentice,  Charles  C 224 

Prentice,  Parmelia  M 224 

Presbyterians,  18,  19,  24,  38,  39,  41,  42 

Price,  Annie 252 

Price,  Charles 252 

Price,  Elizabeth 252 

Price,  Letitia 252 

Proper,  Cornelia 263 

Proudfit,   Andrew 198 

Pulis,  Abram 224 

Pulis,  A.  W 214,  215 

Pulis,  Catharine .224 

Pulis,  Jennie 164.  167,  224 

Pulis,  Jessie 224 

Pulis,  Nellie 224 

Pulis,  Olive 224 

Pulsifer,  Stella 193 

Pultz,  Elizabeth  M 163 

Pulver,  Mrs.  Lottie 193 

Purdy,  Jennie 252 

Purdy,  John  H 252 

Purdy,  Mrs.  John  H 254 

Purdy,  Reuben 200 

Putnam,  W 200 


Quackenbush,  Alice 263 

Quackenbush,  Emma  E 263 

Quackenbush,  Mrs.  J.  T 158,  267 

Quackenbush,  R. .  .138,  139,  203,  311 

Queal,  Alice 204 

Queal,  Arthur  D 193 

Queal,  Mary 193 

Queal,  Mary  M 197 


Queal,  Mrs.  Alice 193 

Quigley,  Mary  H 224 

Quigley,  William  H 224 

Quigley,  Mrs.  W.  H 227 

Quigley,  W.  H 227 

Quinlan,  J.  Wesley 295,  296,  305 

Quivey,  Alta 224 


Rabu,  Martha 272 

Raibdey,  Christopher 263 

Raibdey,  Dora 264 

Raibdey,  Frank 264 

Raibdey,  Jacob 264 

Raibdey,  May 264 

Raibdey,  William 264 

Railroad,  R.  &  S 134,  135 

Raisch,  Maria 272 

Randall,  Gertrude 252 

Randol,  Enos 181 

Ranken,  Sabrina 224 

Ranken,  William 224 

Ranken,  H 330 

Ranney,  E 201 

Ransom,  Halsey  W 67,  286,  290 

Raport,  Louis 193 

Ratcliffe,  Samuel  F 252 

Ratcliffe,   Sarah 252 

Ratoon,  Minnie 224 

Ray,  Elizabeth 252 

Ray,  James 252 

Raymond,   Aaron 198 

Read,  Thomas 52,  199 

Redrield,  Mrs.  Mary 193 

Reed,  Luther  E 264,  267 

Reed,  Martha  J 264 

Reichard,  Charles  S 243 

Reichard,  Rosa 243 

Reichard  Wallace  J 243 

Reid,  Isabella 252 

Reilly,  Joseph  E 243 

Reilly,  Mrs.  Joseph  E 243 

Remick,  N.  B 314 

Remington,  Stephen.  .56,  60,  122,288 

Renz,  Christine 272 

Repository,  Ladies' 76 

Reynolds,  Lottie 243 

Reynolds,  Nathaniel 224 

Ripple,  Kate 243 


INDEX. 


369 


Residences,  Episcopal 317 

Revivals. .  ..22,  30,  37,  38,  39,  40,  41, 
49.  54,  55.  59.  6'.  62,  63,  72,  73,  90, 
91,  128,  139,  140,  143,  307,  309. 

Revivalist,  The 159 

Rhind,  Mrs.  Susan  P 193 

Rhul,  Columbia 264 

Rice,  Harry  L.  D 193 

Rice,  Margaret 279 

Rice,  Mrs.  Carrie  E 193 

Rice,  William 224 

Rich,  Ruth  M 224 

Richards,  Charles 200 

Richards,  Olive 97 

Richardson,   Elizabeth  M 264 

Richardson,  Lena  M 264 

Richardson,  Mrs.  Cornelia 193 

Richardson,  Phebe 252 

Richter,  Emelie 272 

Richter,  Ida 272 

Richter,  Louis 268,  269,  272,  274 

Ridgeway,  Albion 264 

Ridgeway,  Eunice  J, 264 

Ridgeway,  Joseph 264 

Ridgeway,  William 264 

Rifenburgh,  Betsey  M 211 

Rifenburgh,  Frances   H 264 

Rifenburgh,  Willis  B 264 

Rilyea,  Mrs.  Hattie 193 

Ring,   Sarah 224 

Ritta 14 

River,  North 7,  8 

Roach,  Dora  M 224 

Roarke,  Kittie 243 

Robbins,  William  H....IO2,   104,  176 

Robbins,  Mrs.  Phoebe  M 193 

Roberts,  Bishop 314 

Roberts,  Sarah 243 

Robertson,  Jessie 252 

Robertson,  John 252 

Robertson,  Minnie  A 224 

Robertson,  Thurza. 224 

Robinson,  H 75 

Robinson,  J.  H 300 

Robinson,  Margaret 243 

Robinson,  Mary 243 

Robinson,  Mrs.  J.  H 233 

Rockfellow,  Lizzie 193 

Rockfellow,  Mrs.    Henrietta 193 

25 


Rockfellow,  Rosa 193 

Rockfellow,  William 201 

Roeck,  Ernest 272 

Roeck,  Maria 272 

Roga,  Harry 193 

Roga,  Joseph  B 193 

Roga,  Mrs.  Carrie 193 

Rogers,  Charles 252 

Rogers,  Cornelia 264 

Rogers,  Daisy 194 

Rogers,  Helen  M 194 

Rogers,  John  W 224 

Rogers,  Levi 50,  181 

Rogers,  Lillian  F 194 

Rogers,  Marie  E 252 

Rogers,  Mary  A 224 

Rogers,  Mrs.  R.  A 224 

Rogers,  Frank 264 

Rogers,  Thomas 224 

Rogers  &  Rockwell 200 

Ronalds,  James 194 

Ronalds,  Mrs.  Clarissa 194 

Rood,  Lucy 224 

Rood,  Ogden 328 

Roome,  Christian  H 194 

Rosa,  Catharine 272 

Rosa,  Moritz 272 

Rose,  A.  C 151,  297,  298 

Rose  Jennie  S 194 

Ross,  Lawyer 87 

Ross,  William 46,  47,  286,  287 

Roth,  Charles  A 243 

Roth,  Edith 243 

Roth,  Ida  F 243 

Roth,  John  N 243 

Roth,  Laura 243 

Roth,  Lewis 234,  235 

Roth,  Lewis  E 243 

Roth,  Mary 243 

Roth,  William 243 

Round  Lake.  .  135,  136,  147,  148,  149, 
150,  151. 

Rouse,  Amelia 232 

Rouse,  Frankie 232 

Rouse.  W.  W 232 

Rousseau,  Alexander 200 

Rowe,  Ella 264 

Rowe,  Francis  J 224 

Rowe.  Lucretia 224 


37° 


INDEX 


Rowe,  Lucy,  A.  W 224 

Kowe,  Mary 214,  224,  227 

Rowe,  Mrs.  W.  H 167 

Rowe,  W.  H 214,  215,  224 

Rowe,  jr.,  W.  H 224 

Rowles,  D.    Henry 224 

Rowles,  Mary  R 224 

Rowley,  C.  W 214,  215,  224 

Rowley,  Mrs.   Ida 194 

Rowley,  Sarah  A 252 

Rules,  General 319 

Rulison,  Mrs.  W.  1> 163 

Rumsey,  Levi 198 

Rush,  Mrs.  R 169,  171 

Rush,  Rebecca. 211 

Russell,  Harriet  A 194 

Russell,  James 47,  50,  181 

Russell,  Mrs.  Harriet  II 194 

Russell,  Tracy  &  Co 198 

Russum,  J.  C 299 

Ruth,  Caroline 272 

Ruth,  Carrie 264 

Ruth,  Edward 243 

Ruth,  George  A 264 

Ruth,  John  A 243 

Ruth,  Maggie 243 

Ruth,  Mrs.  George  A 267 

Ruth,    P 268,  269,  272 

Rylan,  Edwin 243 

Rylan,  Nellie 243 

Rynders,  Harriet  E 264 

Rynders,  Isaiah 264 

Rynders,  Lottie 264 

Rynders,  Mrs.  Lizzie 194 

Rynders,  Nellie 194 


Salisbury,  Sarah  E 264 

Sanders,  John 198 

Sanderson,  Emma 264 

Sandlake 134,  135 

Sandy  Hill 76 

Sandford,  Peter  P. .  ..31,  34,  286,  287 

Sandford,  Luman  A 66,  176,  289 

Sanford,  Frederick  A 194 

Sanford,  \V.  F 266 

Sargent,  Samuel  G 112 

Saunders,  William 53,  176,  177 

Sauter,  John 1 14 


Sawyer,  J.  E.  C . .    .74,    164,  184,  i85t 
196,  205,  299,  300,  301,  307. 

Sawyer,  Lucy  S 164,  165,  194 

Sawyer,  Mrs.  Alice 194,  204 

Saxe,  Charles  J 53,  177,  182 

Saxe,  James  A 194 

Saxe,  John  \V 194 

Saxe,  Mary  E 194,  196,  197 

Saxe,  Mrs.  Ellen  G 194 

Saxe,  William  A 194 

Sayers,  Charles  J 264 

Sayers,  Emma  J 264 

Schaal,  Christina 272 

Schaal,  L 268,  269 

Schaal,  Louis 272 

Schaghticoke 134 

Schaibel,  Adam 272 

Schaibel,  Anna 272 

Schaibel,  Christian 1 16,  272 

Schaibel,  Maria 272 

Schenectady 45 

Schermerhorn,  Catharine 243 

Schilling,   Elisabeth 272 

Schlachter,  Carrie 243,  246 

Schlachter,  Elias 273 

Schlachter,  Helene 273 

Schlachter,  Mary 243 

Schmah,  II 268,  269 

Schmah,  Heinrich 273 

Schmah,  Henry 273 

Schmah,  Mina 273 

Schmah,  Rosalie 273 

Scholefield,  A 303 

Scholl,  Caroline 273 

Schoneig,  Car)      273 

Schoolmacher,  Nettie 279 

Schultz,  Gottlob   273 

Schulz,  Anna 273,  274 

Schutt,  Annie  G 194 

Schutt,  Frank  P 194 

Schutt,  Mrs  Anna  M 194 

Schwall,   Carrie 245 

Scoby,  David 18,  198 

Scoby,  Samuel 18,  23,  30 

Scott,  Anna  E 194 

Scott,  Auline 224 

Scott,  Bishop 117,  314 

Scott,  Mary  A 279 

Scott,  W.  A 276,  277,  279 


INDEX. 


Scribner  &  Co.,  A.  W  329 

Scudder,  Moses  L 55,  75 

Seaman,  Mary 224 

Searles,  Mrs.  Jennie 194 

Searles,  Mrs.  Olive 194 

Searles,  William 194 

Seats,  Free 57,  58 

Seeman,  Emma 194 

Seewald,  Anna 273,  274 

Seevvald,  Carl 273 

Seewald,  Elisabeth 273 

Seewald,  Katie 273 

Seidel,  J 293,  295 

Seidel,  J.  F 273,  298 

Seidel,  Wilhelmina 273 

Seissing,  Lena 273 

Seller,  Bertha 264 

Seminary,  Governeur  Wesleyan,  76 

Sendell,  Emma  J 264 

Senter,  M.  Alverson. . .  .98,  139,  141, 

282,  283,  286,  294,  295,  308,  311. 

Service,  Alfierrett 211 

Service,  Amelia 211 

Service,  Margaret 211 

Service,  Retta 213 

Service,  William  H 211 

Severin,  Louisa 273 

Seymour,  Minnie 194 

Seymour,  Mary  E 194 

Seymour,  Robert 194,  204 

Seymour,  Truman.  .  .58,  68,  107,  117, 

282,  283,  286,  288. 

Sexton,  Charles  H 224 

Sexton,  H.  C 293,  295 

Shafer,  C.  E 264 

Shafer,  Clarence  E 224 

Shafer,  Eliza 224 

Shaperson,  Henry 175 

Shappo,  Mrs.  C.  B   194 

Sharp,  Augusta 243,  246 

Sharp,  George  E 243 

Sharp,  Libbie 264 

Sharp,  Minnie 243 

Sharp,  Oakley 243 

Sharp,  Sarah 243 

Sharpe,  George  H 211 

Sharpe,  Jane 211 

Shaver,  Antoinette 243 

Shaver,  Charles 243 


Shaver,  Jennie 243 

Shaver,  Cornelia 243 

Shaver,  Margaret  A 264 

Shaver,  Norman .  . .  248,  249,  252,  254 

Shaver,  Susie 254 

Shaw,  Charles  H 194 

Shaw,  Mary  C 194 

Shaw,  Mrs.  Jennie 194 

Shaw,  Myra 232,  233 

Sheffer,  Chauncey  P 264 

Sheffer,  Jennie 264 

Sheffers,  Lewina  B 224 

Sheldon,  Charity 243 

Sheldon,  Elisha 199 

Sheldon,  James 199 

Sheldon,  I.  W. . .    243 

Sheldon,  Willis  1 243 

Shepherd,  Hannah 243 

Sherwood,  Cyrus 194 

Sherwood,  C.  A 205 

Sherwood,  E.  B 256,  257,  264 

Sherwood,  Sarah  A 224 

Sherwood,  Lucia  M 224 

Sherman,  Charles 88,  286,  288,289 

Sherman,  David 200 

Sherman,  Sarah  J 264 

Shetland,  Ida 232 

Shetland,  J 228,  229 

Shetland,  John 228,  232 

Shetland,  Kitty 232 

Shetland,  Lily 232 

Shetland,  Mary 232 

Shetland,  Maggie 232 

Shires,  Hattie 264 

Shires,  Mrs.  Ella 194 

Shires,  Rebecca 264 

Shirts 56 

Shocks,  Marietta 224 

Shout,  Lucinda 232 

Shroder,  Charles  J 228,  229,  232 

Shroder,  Kate 232 

Sibley,  Carrie 243 

Sibley,  George 243 

Sibley,  Nettie 243,   245 

Sibley,  N.  H 243 

Sibley,  Mrs.  N.  II 246 

Sibley,  Nicholas  H 235,  246 

Sibley,  Sarah 243 

Sibley,  Sarah  A 243 


372 


INDEX. 


Sickler,  Maria 243 

Simmons,  Annie 264 

Simmons,  Annie  F 211 

Simmons,  Carrie 243 

Simmons,  Cecelia 279 

Simmons,  Eliza 252 

Simmons,  Josie 212 

Simmons,  Lizzie 264 

Simmons,   Louisa 212 

Simmons,  Potter 209 

Simmons,  Potter  S 212 

Simmons,  Stephen 212 

Simmons,  Theodore 279 

Simmons,  Willard 244 

Simms,  George  J 279 

Simpson,  Almira 224 

Simpson,  Annie 232 

Simpson,  Matthew.  .71,  no,  in,  149, 
151,  153,  314. 

Simpson,  E.  W 214,  215 

Simpson,  Francis 244 

Simpson,  Hattie  V 244 

Simpson,  James 232 

Simpson,  Mrs.  E.  W.  .158,164,167,227 

Singing,  Choir 47,  60,  92 

Siples,  Jacob 232 

Siples,  Warren 232 

Sivers,  Mrs.  Lina 194 

Skane,  Patrick  F 264 

Skene/George. .  .  .  298,  311,  314,  335 

Skene,  Mrs.  George 314 

Skilton,  A.  J 53,  64,  175,  176 

Skilton,  James  A 63 

Slason,  James 311 

Slason,  J.  L 145 

Slater,  Anna 212 

Slavery  question.  .  .  .123,  124, 125.126 

Slaves 123,  124,  125,  126 

Sleight,  Mary 224 

Sleight,  Roxy 224 

Sliter,  Augustus  D . 244 

Sliter,  Sarah  C 244 

Smalley,  Phebia 279 

Slocum,  Charlotte  E 224 

Slocum,  H.  W 297 

Smith,  Anna 264 

Smith,  Benjamin 252 

Smith,  Benjamin  R 264 

Smith,  Birdie 279 


Smith,  Catharine 252 

Smith,  Charles 224 

Smith,  Edgar 212 

Smith,  Elizabeth 224 

Smith,  Emeline 224 

Smith,  Emily 224 

Smith,  Fannie 244 

Smith,  George  ....  112,  174,  181,  201 

Smith,  George  E 224,  277,  300 

Smith,  Hannah 224,  244 

Smith,  Ida  M 264 

Smith,  J 248,  249 

Smith,  James 252 

Smith,  J.  G 296 

Smith,  James  M.  .18,  21,  48,  286,  287 

Smith.  Jane 252 

Smith,  Jennie 264 

Smith,  John 264 

Smith,  Julia 224 

Smith,  Lillian  H 244 

Smith,  Mary 264,  267 

Smith,  Mary  J 225 

Smith,  Mrs.  James 254 

Smith,  Mrs.  William  E 246 

Smith,  Sanford 139,  141,  311 

Smith,  S.  Lillie 225 

Smith,  Sarah  E 225 

Smith,  Simon 200 

Smith,  Susannah 264 

Smith,  W.  E 145,  234,  235 

Smith,  William  E.  .234,  244,  245,  311 

Smith,  William  H 94,  293,  309 

Smith,  W.  L 138 

Smith,  WTilliam   L 311 

Snively,  T.  A 314 

Snow,  Mrs.  Alice  P 194 

Snow,  Samuel  O 194 

Snyder,  A 208 

Snyder,  Abby  J 225 

Snyder,  Almon 209,  212,  213 

Snyder,  Cora 225 

Snyder,  Ella 225 

Snyder,  Ida 225,  252 

Snyder,  James  E 253 

Snyder,  Jessie 232 

Snyder,  Margaret  E 225 

Snyder,  Mary 264 

Snyder,  Mrs.  James.  E 254 

Snyder,  William  R 225 


INDEX. 


373 


Societies,  Ladies' Aid. .  167, 168, 169, 1 70 

Society,  Children's  Home 45 

Society,  First  Methodist 319 

Society,  First  Missionary 319 

Society,  Missionary 32,  46,  47 

Society,  Women's    Foreign    Mis- 
sionary  158,  159,  160 

Society,  Women's  Home.  . .  .  164,  167 

South  Troy 93,  96,  97 

Southwick,  I.   W 264 

Spaulding,  Mrs.  Clara  M 194 

Spencer,  Elizabeth 63 

Spencer,  Mrs.  Lillie  A 194 

Spicer,  Anna 167 

Spicer,  Anna  E 204 

Spicer,  Ann  Eliza 194 

Spicer,  Sarah  J 194,  204 

Spicer,  Tobias 36,  37,  38,  39,  40, 

93,  282,  283,  286,  287,  290,  303. 

Squire,  William 200 

Squires,  Elizabeth  P 164 

Squires,  O.  J 164 

Staley,  Mrs.  Carrie  T 194 

Stanley,  Eames 225 

Stanley,  Jane 225 

Stanley,  Mary 225 

Stanley,  Rosanna 225 

Stannard,  Alice  M 225 

Stannard,  Carrie  D 225 

Stannard,  Henrietta 225 

Stannard,  John  D 225 

Starks,  Amos  H 63 

Starks,  D 286,  303 

Starks,  Desevignia 282,  283 

Starks,  H.  A 74,  76,  314 

Starks,  H.  L 90,  286,  288 

Starks,  Independence 175 

Starks,  Ralph  E 194 

Starks,  Ralph  J 194,  202 

Starks,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 194 

Starr,  Margaret 225 

Starr,  William 225 

Staunton,  Elmer  E 225 

Stebbins,  L.  D 286.  290,  291 

Steele,  Allen ...  66,  282,  283,  286,  289 

Stephens,  Benjamin 22 

Sterry,  Eva 264 

Sterry,  Laura  A 225 

Sterry,  Nancy 264 


Sterry,  Urwin  D 257,  264 

Stevens,  Mary  A 264 

Stevens,  Mary  E 264 

Stevenson,  Emily 232 

Stevenson,  John 232 

Stevenson,  Mrs.  John 232 

Stevenson,  W.  J 73,  74,  298,  314 

Stevenson,  Mrs.  W.  J 314 

Stewards  : 

Fifth  Avenue  M.  E.  Church.  . .  .214 
German  M.  E.  Church,  First. .  .268 

Grace  M.  E.  Church 257 

Levings  M.  E.  Church 249 

Pawling  Avenue  M.  E.  Church. 209 
State  Street  M.  E.  Church  .  174,  175, 
176,  177,  178,  184. 

Third  Street  M.  E.  Church, 228 

Trinity  M.  E.    Church 234 

Zion  Church,  A.  M.  E 217 

Stewart,  Alex 198 

Stewart,  Bessie 194 

Stewart,  Edward  S 199 

Stewart,  Mary  F 225 

Stewart,  William 93 

Stickley,  Anna  M 273 

Stickley,  Elisabeth 273 

Stillman,  Chester 212 

Stillman,  Josephine 212 

Stillman,  Mrs.  Josephine 213 

Stillman,  S.  L 91,  286,  289 

Stillman,  Roscoe 212 

Stillwater 133 

Stone,  George  A..  177/178,  182,  184, 
185,  202. 

Stone,  Isabella  II 244 

Stone,  Kate  A 225 

Stone,  Mrs.  Mary  A 194 

Stout,  E.  S 282,  283,  286 

Stout,  Edward  L 194 

Stout,  Mary  Julia 194 

Stout,  Mrs.  May  R 194 

Stover,  Ensign.  . .  .282,  283,  286,  293, 

307,  3o8. 
Subscriptions,  first  Meeting-house, 25, 

198,  199,  200,  201. 
Subscriptions,  State  Street  Stone 

Church  and  Chapel 202-205 

Subscriptions,  Wesleyan  Univer- 
sity   206 


374 


INDEX. 


Sumer,  Thomas 199 

Summerfiekl,  John 

Sunday-schools. .  .  .42,  43,  44,  45,  96, 
97,  100,  101,  104,  no,  in,  112,  116, 
203,  319. 

Fifth  Avenue  M.  E 227 

German  M.  E.,  First 274 

Grace  M.  E  267 

Levings  M.  E 254 

Pawling  Avenue  M.  E 213 

State  Street  M.  E. .  .42,  45,  196,  197 

Third  Street  M.  E 233 

Trinity  M.  E 245,  246 

Zion  A.  M.  E 280 

Survoy,  Ellen 279 

Sutton,  Nancy 232 

Suydam,  Henry 249,  253 

Suydam,  Mary 253 

Swahlen,  John 291 

Swallow,  Steamboat 63 

Swan,  Delia 225,  232,  233 

Swart,  Elizabeth 244 

Swart,  Henry  G 244 

Swart,  Mary 244 

Swart,  Mrs.  H.  G 246 

Swartwout,  Mary  C 225 

Swartz,  Rev 114 

Swasey,  E.  R 112 

Swasey,  Samuel 199 

Swayze,  William 29 

Swenson,  John 194 

Swenson,  Mrs.  Ophelia 194 

Sybrandt,  W.  H 314 

System,  Itinerant 319 


Tabernacle 92 

Tackaberry,  John 54,  83,  286,  288 

Takakjian,  Jacob 195 

Talbot,  Samuel  Q 7 

Tallman,  Isaac  W 175,  181 

Tann,  Sarah  S 195 

Tappan,  Mrs.  Susan  M 195 

Tappan  S 204 

Tate,  Lizzie 244 

Tate,  Tillie 244 

Taylor,  Anna  A 264 

Taylor,  Ella  J 264 

Taylor,  Emma, 232 


Taylor,  Freeman 244. 

Taylor,  George 1 76,  264 

Taylor,  Josie 232 

Taylor,  Katie  M 244 

Taylor,  Lucy 232 

Taylor,  M.  R 204 

Taylor,  Nathan 96,  176 

Taylor,  S.  L 228,  229,  232,  233 

Taylor,  Sarah 212 

Taylor,  William 195,  314,  317 

Taylor,  William  G 265 

Temperance 44 

Templeton,  Sarah  M 212 

Teuscher,  Jacobine 273, 

Thayer,  Emma 225. 

Thayer,  Gussie 225. 

Thayer,  Sarah 225 

Thayer,  Sarah  A 225. 

Thayer,  Walter 225 

Thicket,   Elizabeth .  .232 

Thicket,  Joshua 232 

Thoburn,  James  M . .  ..317 

Thomas,  Amelia 244. 

Thomas,  Emma 279 

Thomas,  Isaac 244 

Thomas,  J 294 

Thomas,  Jacob 293. 

Thomas,  James  A 244 

Thomas,  Leonard 244. 

Thomas,  Robert  G 244 

Thomas,  Rosanna 244 

Thompson,  Bishop 48- 

Thompson,  Charles  W 182 

Thompson,  G.  G 204 

Thompson,  J.  P.  .294,296,297,304,305 

Thompson,  Mrs.  Mary 195 

Thompson,  Phebe  A 279 

Thompson,  Samuel 279 

Thompson,  Sarah  B 279 

Thompson,  Stanley 181,  199 

Thorn,  Salina 265 

Thornton,  W.  H 265 

Thrall,  Luke  H 200 

Tibbits,  George 45 

Tickets,  Sunday-school 44 

Tiffany,  Eleanor 225 

Tifft,  Elmira  K 232 

Tilley,  Albert 212 

Tilley,  Anna 212 


INDEX. 


375 


Tilley,  Charles 212 

Tilley,  Edwin 212 

Tilley,  Ellen 212 

Tilley,  Jessica 212 

Tilley,  Martha 212 

Tilley,  W.  J 296,  297 

Timmins,  Emma.    232 

Titus,  Hattie 265 

Titus,  John  F 279 

Titus,  Mattie  L 195 

Titus,  Platt 199 

Titus,  Thomas  A 265 

Tolmie,  Jennie 232 

Tolmie,  Martha 232 

Tolmie,  Thomas 232 

Tompkins,   Bessie 244 

Tompkins,  Nehemiah 199 

Tompkins,  Sarah 244 

Townsend,  Eli...  .53,  86,  87,  88,  174, 
175,  181. 

Tracy,  Deborah 225 

Tracy,  Jane 232 

Travell,  J.  K 248,  249,  253 

Travell,  Elsie 253 

Travell,  Frances 253 

Travell,  Mrs.  John  K .254 

Traver,  Benjamin 212 

Traver,  Florence 212 

Travis,  Alva 212 

Travis,  A.   II 213 

Travis,  Jacob 137,   139,  311 

Tremaine  Family in 

Tripp,  Hattie  L 225 

Trotman,  Ann 253 

Trotman,  Annie 253 

Trotman,  Richard 253 

Trotter,  Elizabeth 232 

Troy.  .8,  9,   12,  13,  17,   18,  22,  29,  37, 
40,  42,  45,  121,  130,  134,  170,  173. 

Truax,  Charles 212 

Trustees  : 

Fifth  Avenue  M.  E.  Church. .  .  .214 
German  M.  E.  Church,  First.  .  .268 

Grace  M.  E.  Church 257 

Levings  M.  E.  Church 249 

Pawling  Avenue  M.  E.  Church. 209 
State  Street  M.  E.  Church.  174,  175, 

176,  177,  178,  181,  182,  183,  184. 
Third  Street  M.  E.  Church 228 


Trinity  M.  E.  Church 234 

Zion  Church,  A.   M.  E 277 

Tschumi,  Fred  J 145 

Tucker,  J.  W 295 

Tucker,  William 53,  56,  175 

Tully,  William  E 225 

Turknett,  R.  G 195 

Turnbull,   Robert 253 

Turner,   Emma 232 

Turner,  Josiah 232 

Turner,  Lavinia 225 

Turner,  Mary 232 

Turner,  Royal  L 225 

Tuthill,  Nancy 225 

Tuttle,  Eli  H 244,  245 

Tuttle,  Emma  M 225 

Tuttle,  Jennie 244 

Tyler,  Charles   H 195 

Tyler,  Mrs.  Carrie  T 195 

Tyler,  Perry  D 265 


Udall,  John , 195 

Uline,  James 175 

Uline,  Jonathan  N 265 

Uline,  Mrs.  Sarah  M 195 

Uline,  Rebecca 225 

University,  Troy,  76,  154,  155.156,157 

University,  Wesley) 33,  320-330 

University,  Wesleyan 156,  206 

Urann,  Samuel 195 

Urena,  William  C 86,  174,  175 

Usher,  Bloom  field 138,   139,  311 

Usher,  John 83 

Usher,  jr.,  Joh n 138,    1 39,  311 

Usher,  sr.,  John 138,  311 

Utter,  Martha 244 

Utz,  Ida 212 

Utz,  John  A 212 

Utz,  Minnie 212 


Vail,  Henry 199 

Van  Alstyne,  Alice 164,  167,  225 

Van  Alstyne,  Anna  G 225 

Van  Alstyne,  Calsinai 225 

Van  Alstyne,  G.  W.  214,  215,  225,227 
Van  Alstyne,  Mrs.  Gertrude. .  169,171 
Van  Alstyne,  Richard  H 225 


376 


INDEX. 


Van  Alstyne,  Sally  E 225 

Van  Alstyne,  W.  L 204,  225    326 

Van  Alstyne,  jr.,  \V.  L 225,  227 

Van  Antwerp,  Alice 225 

Van  Antwerp,  Mattie 225 

Van  Benschoten,  Elizabeth 265 

Van  Benschotenjacob 265 

Van  Buren,  Bradley 195 

Van  Buren,  Carrie 225 

Van  Buren,    Catharine 225 

Van  Buren,  Estelle 279 

Van  Buren,  Eva 225 

Van  Buren,  Florence 279 

Van  Buren,  Lucretia 225 

Van  Buren,  Mrs.  Amy 195 

Van  Buren,  Rebecca 225 

Van  Cott,  E.  B 139,   141,  311 

Van  Cott,  Maggie 72,  73 

Vandecar,  Ann  J 225 

Vandenburgh,  C.  H.  .  .  .208,  209,  212 

Vandenburgh,Levinus 200 

Vandenburghjasper  M 199 

Vandenburgh,  Louisa 212 

Vandercook,  Zilphia  Z 195 

Vander  Heyden,  Jacob  D 24 

Vanderlip,  Elias 15,  286,  287 

Vanderlip,  S.  S, 176 

Vanderpool,  Adelbert 212 

Vanderpool,  Agnes 212 

Vanderpool,  Eliza 244 

Vanderpool,  John 212 

Vanderpool,  Lucinda  R 212 

Vandervoort,  Abbie  J 265 

Vandervoort,  Adrian 265 

Vandervoort,  Anna 265 

Vandervoort  Charles 265 

Vandervoort,  F.  D 256,  257,  265 

Van  Deusen,  Charles  B 225 

Van  Deusen,  J.  J 176,  177,  296 

Van  Deusen,   John  P -265 

Van  Deusen,  May  E 265 

Van  Deusen,  Mrs.  Hannah 195 

Van  Deusen,  Retta 225 

Van  Deusen,  Sarah 226 

Van  Deusen,  William 265 

Van  Epps,  Lillie 244 

Van  Epps, Mrs.  Lev! 244 

Van  Hoesen,  Francis 226 

Van  Hoesen,  Margaret 226 


Van  Hoesen,  Maria 232 

Van  Hoesen,  Milton   232 

Van  Hoesen,  Oscar  A 226 

Van  Hoesen,  Sarah  J 226 

Van  Hoesen  William 226 

Van  Ness,  Glorianna 226 

Van  Pelt   Alexander 43 

Van  Slyck,  Samuel 279 

Van  Slyck,  Sarah 279 

Van  Valkenburgh,  L 53,  176 

Van  Valkenburgh,  Mrs.  Eliza ....  195 

Van  Vleck,  Elizabeth  W 265 

Van  Vleck,  Francis  W 226 

Van  Vleck,  Luella  L 226 

Van  Vorst  Cynthia 265,  267 

Van  Vorst,  Juliette 265 

Van  Vranken  Ida 244,  246 

Van  Vranken,  Lillie  E 244 

Van  Woert,  Susie 212  ,213 

Vasey,  Arma 195 

Vasey,  Minnie 195 

Vasey,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 195 

Vasey,  Nicholas 195 

Vast,  Eva 244 

Vaughn,  Mrs.  Anna  J 195 

Vedder,  Ada  A 226 

Vedder,  N.  S 205 

Viall,  Cora 226 

Viall,  Frank  P 226 

Viele,  A 139,  311 

Vincent,  Jennie 244 

Vincent,  John  H 317 

Vincent,  Marvin  R 92 

Vines,  Eli   P 226 

Vines,  Fannie  C 226 

Vines,  Mary 265 

Vines,  Sophia, 226 

Viol,  bass 60 

Vipond,  B 228,  229,  232 

Vipond,  Leslie 244 

Vipond,   Milton 244 

Vipond,  Rosena 244 

Von  Eck,  Simon 273 

Vradenburgh,   Mary 244 

Vrooman,  Carrie  F 226 


Wack,  Anna 273 

Wack,   M 200 


INDEX. 


377 


Wacker,  Charles 273 

Wacker,  Elisabeth 273 

Wacker,  William 116 

Wade,  R.  T 308 

Wagar,  Jerusha 244 

Wagar,  William  N 244 

Wagar,  William  N 246 

Wager,  D.  P 244 

Wager,  Emma 244 

Wager,  J.  K 295,  297,  298 

Wager,  Leonard 195 

Wager,  Mrs.  D.  P 246 

Wager,  Mrs.  Eliza 195 

Wager,  Mrs.  Frances 195 

Wager,  Paul 195,  204 

Wagner,  Maria 273 

Wait,  Lewis  H 195,  204 

Wait,  Mrs.  Mary  J 195 

Wait,  Nancy 63 

Waite,  Gay 226 

Walden,  John   M 317 

Waldron,  E.  D.  ..  139,214,215,226,311 

Waldron,  Hannah 226 

Waldron,  Sarah  A 226 

Walford,  Mrs.  Anthony 164 

Walker,  Henrietta 244 

Wall  &  Peckham 77 

Wallace,  James 87 

Walworth,  R.   H 206 

War  of  1812 31,  32 

Ward,  Annie 265 

Ward,  Charles 265 

Ward,  Tillie 226 

Warner  &  Co.,  E 198 

Warner,  Jane 253 

Warner,  Jessie  L 170,  171,  233 

Warner,  Josephine 244 

\Varner,  Leonard  J 249,  253 

Warner,  Mary  E 226 

Warner,  Minnie 253 

Warner,  William 201 

Warnken,  Georgiana 273 

Warnken,  H 268,  269 

Warnken,  Herman 273,274 

Warren,  Eliza 42 

Warren,  Henry  W 317 

Warrington,  William 175 

Warwick,  Emily 265 

Washburn,  Cornelia 206 


Washburn,  Sanford.  . .  .127,  282,  283, 

286,  289,  303. 

Wasson,  Robert 42 

Waterbury,  Emerson 195 

Waterbury,  Mrs.  Rose 195 

Waterbury,  Sherman 195 

VVaterford 9,  37 

Waterman,  Laura 13 

Waters,  Hatrie 226 

Waters,  William 226 

Watervliet 134 

Watrous,  Sarah  M 195 

Watts,  J 199 

Waugh,  Bishop 70,  314 

Wayland,  Francis 32,33 

Wayman,  Bishop 153 

Weaver,  Annie 226 

Weaver,  Archibald 199 

Weaver,  Elizabeth 265 

Weaver,  James  J 195 

Weaver,  John  M 286,  290 

Webb,  Thomas 6 

Weibel,   Eliza 273 

Weibel,  John 273 

Weise,  A.  J 148 

Weld,  J 200 

Weller,  Catharine 244 

Wells,  Alfred 244 

Wells,  G.  C 286,  293,  307 

Wells,  I.  M 199 

Wells,  Mary 244 

Wells,   Myra 226 

Wemet,  Electra 226 

Wendell,  Ida 212,  213,  253 

Wendell,  Mattie  E 212 

Wendell,  Philip 208,  209 

Wendell,  Philip  I 212 

Wendell,   Sarah 253 

Wentworth,  Erastus.  .68,  76,  177,  206, 

282,  283,  286,  293,  294. 

Wenzell,  C.   H 226 

Wesley,  Charles I,   2,4,  319 

Wesley,  John.  .1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  80,  81, 

126,  319,  332. 

Wesson,  Glecia 244 

West,  Samuel 200 

Westchester 7 

Westervelt,  Mrs.  E 197 

Westervelt,  Mrs.  Sarah  K 195 


INDEX. 


Weston,  Charles 232 

Weston,  George  R 232,  233 

Weston,  Joseph 228,  229,  232 

West  Troy 17,  37,  49,  56,  57 

Wetherwax,  Barney 83,  175 

Wetherwax,  Cyntha 212 

Wetherwax,  George.  .  .  .208,  209,  212 

Whatcoat,  Richard 133 

Whatleu,  Samuel 198 

Wheat,  Esther  A 265 

Wheat,  Theressa 265 

Wheeler,  Addie 265 

Wheeler,  Dennis 265 

Wheeler,  Ella 212 

Wheeler,  George 265 

Wheeler,  Grace 265 

Wheeler,  Jessie  M 244 

Wheeler,  Lafayette 265 

Wheeler,  Laura 265 

Wheeler,  May 265 

Wheeler,  Maryett 265 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  M.  A 213 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  N.  A 169,  171 

Wheeler,  Mrs.  Orlin 267 

Wheeler,  Orlin 265 

Wheeler,  Sarah .  265 

Wheeler  William 256,  257,  265 

Wheeler,  Walter  M 256,  257,  265 

Whipple,  Henry 195 

Whipple,  John  B 195 

Whipple,  Mrs.  Ardell  Y 195 

Whipple  Waters  W 53,  182 

Whipple,  William  W    .43,  44,  46,  47, 
50,  53,  86,  105,  174,  175,  181. 

Whitaker,  Ephraim 199 

Whitaker,  John 200 

Whitbeck,  Eliza 212 

White,  Anna  M 226 

White,  Charles  T 195 

White,  George 212 

White,  George  A 195 

White,  Henry  S 1 1 1 

White,  James  H 212 

White,  John  W 175 

White,  M 293 

White,  Mary 212 

White,  Mrs.  J.  H 227 

White,  Mrs.  Sanford  C 244 

White,  Myron 286 


White,  Palmer 195 

White,  Sanford  C 244 

Whited,  A 214,  215 

Whited,  Alvinze 226 

Whited,  Florence  A 226 

Whitefield,  George 2,  5 

Whitehead,  Henry 175 

Whitehouse,  John  H 265 

Whitehouse,  Mary  A 265 

Whitehurst,   Elizabeth 253 

Whitehurst,  James 253 

Whiteman,  Albert  H 195 

Whiteside,  Edwin 286 

Whiteside,  E.  F. 286 

Whyland,  Madaline 195,  197 

Wickham,  Annie 226 

Wickham,  Lillie 226 

Wickwire,  Margaret 265 

Widmer,  Frederick .. 74,  in,  303,335 

Wilbur,   Ichabod 174 

Wilcox,  A.  D  .  . . .  1 10,  139, 176, 182,31 1 

Wilcox,  Flora  L 244 

Wilcox,  Mary 226 

Wilkes,  Alice 244 

Wilkins,  Coles  R 75 

Wilkinson,  Mrs.  E.  P 253,  254 

Wilkinson,  Thomas 226 

Willets,  Daniel 265 

Willets,  Eliza 265 

Willets,   Hannah 265 

Willets,  Job 265 

Willets,  John 265 

Willets,  John  H 265 

Willets,  Lizzie 265 

Willets,  Martha 265 

Willets,  Mary 265 

Willets,  Mary  A 265 

Willets,  Rosa 265 

Willets,   Thomas 265 

Willey,  Sarah 244 

Willey,  Walter 244 

Williams,  Alvin..53,  77,  78,  no,  127, 
129,  176. 

Williams,  Charles 232 

Williams,  Frank 232 

Williams,  Jonathan  T 102 

Williams,  John  A 291 

Williams,  Minnie 265 

Williams,  Mrs.  Martin 254 


INDEX. 


379 


Williams,  Susan  H 279 

Williams 299,  304,  305,  308 

Williams,  S.  P 94,  286 

Williams,  T.  O.  R *gj8,  299 

Willis,  Ambrose 253 

Willis,  Julia 244 

Willis,  Margaret 265 

Willis,  MaryJ 265 

Wilson,  Alice  A 212 

Wilson,  Anna 244 

Wilson,  Anna  M 244 

Wilson,  Hannah   S 226 

Wilson,  Hattie 195 

Wilson,  Julia 226 

Wilson,  Minnie  L 226 

Wilson,  Mrs.   Catharine 195 

Wilson,  Mrs.  Maria  L.  Dowdell .  .  195 

Wilson,  Mrs.  Mary 195 

Wilson,  Perry  H    226 

Wilson,  Ruth  A 195 

Wilson,  Thomas 195 

Windsor,  Blanche 265 

Windsor,  William 265 

Windsor,  Zarina 266 

Winfield,  Charles 279 

Wing,  Mrs.  Nannie 195 

Winne,  Ann  Eliza 266 

Winne,  Daniel  R 257,  266,  335 

Winne,  Martha 226 

Winterbottom,  Alice 253 

Winterbottom,  George 253 

Winterbottom,  Mrs.  George 254 

Wiston,  Mrs.  Naomi 195 

Witbeck,  Mary  J 279 

Witbeck,  Sarah 232 

Witchcraft,  Methodist 16 

Witherell,  Louisa 226 

Witherell,  Roxy 63 

Witherspoon,  Daniel 53 

Withey,  Kesiah 244 

Wixon,  Kate 226 

Woman 129 

Wood,  Almira 226 

Wood,  Hattie  E 266 

Wood,  Isabella  C 244 

Wood,  James  B 92 

Wood,  J.  W 234,  235 

Wood,  James  W 234,  244,  245 

Wood,  Mary  L 226 


Wood,  Mrs.  J.  W 159,  245 

Wood,  S.   L 214,  215,  226 

Wood,  Thomas 266 

Woodruff,  Clara  1 226 

Woods,  Fitzgerald's   134 

Woodworth,  George 92 

Woolfe,  Catharine  M 226 

Woolett  &  Ogden 68 

Woolsey,  Ebenezer  G 175 

Woolworth,  Pamelia 195 

Wooster,  J.  N 256,  257,  266,  267 

Wooster,  Minnie  K 266,  267 

Wooster,  Nettie 266 

Worden,  Mrs.  Mary 195 

Wright,  Hannah 16,  17,  18 

Wright,  Jemima 253 

Wright,  John.  .  .16,  17,  18,  26,  46,  47, 
48,  53,  88,  174,  181. 

Wright,  Lavina 253 

Wright,   Lottie 112 

Wright,  Mary  A 212 

Wright,  Mary  L 226 

Wright,  Nellie 244 

Wright,  Sarah  A 226 

Wylie,  Mrs.   Thomas 253 

Wylie,  Thomas 253 

Wyman,  Jennie  E 195: 

Wyman  John  D 195 

Wyman,  Lottie  S 195 

Wyman,  Mrs.  Emma  E 195 


Xander,  Frederike 273 

Xander,  G.  J.  .116,  268,  269,  273,  274. 
Xander,  Magdalena 273 


Vates,  J.  F 291,  307 

Yetts,  Nellie  J 266 

Youmans,  Burton 212,  213 

Youmans,  Chester  A 212 

Youmans,  Isaac   A 209,  212,  213 

Youmans,  I.  N 208 

Young,  Abner  J 244 

Young,  Annie  M 266 

Young,  Blanche 244 

Young,  Carrie  A 295 

Young,  Eleanor  A 63,  205,  206 

Young,  Georgietta 226 


3.V*  INDEX. 

Young,  Henry  E 257,  266  Zahn,  Ida 273 

Young,  Mrs.  A 246  Zangler,  Lillian 212 

Young,  Mrs.  James 53  Zears.  Jennie 226 

Young,  Nancy  E 244  Zeptner,  Maggie 195 

Young  People's  Association 203  Zeptner,  Mrs.  Jane 195 

Yourt,  Charlotte 244. 


The   Revivalist, 


K  Y 

JOSEPH    HILLMAN. 


OPINIONS    OF  THE  PRESS   AND    OTHERS : 

The  Methodist. 

We  have  examined  the  collection  and  find  it  rich  in  melody,  containing  the 
best  of  the  old  tunes  unmutilated,  together  with  a  very  large  number  ot  new 
tunes  of  rare  merit. 

The  Christian  Advocate. 

Of  the  whole  family  of  Revival  Melodists  we  have  seen  none  that  we  like 
so  well  as  this.  The  selections  seem  to  have  been  well  and  judiciously  made. 
It  is  among  the  very  best  of  its  kind. 

Northern  Christian  Advocate. 

Of  the  many  books  that  are  thus  helpful,  we  deem  "  THE  REVIVALIST  "  to 
be  the  best  in  its  adaptation,  variety  and  real  excellence.  Our  esteemed 
friend,  J.  Hillman,  Esq.,  of  Troy,  has  done  the  Church  great  service  in 
making  the  work  what  it  is. 

North    Western  Christian  Advocate. 

The  question,  "What  can  be  clone  to  make  congregational  singing  more 
lively  and  interesting,  and  thus  more  general?"  is  very  fully  answered  by 
the  popular,  and  practical  book  of  Revival  Hymns  and  Choruses,  called 
"THE  REVIVALIST,"  by  Joseph  Hillman,  Esq.,  of  Troy,  N.  Y. 

BisHOi'  J.  T.  PECK,   D.D. 

In  examining  the  proof-sheets  of  "THE  REVIVALIST."  I  have  found  a  large 
number  of  very  valuable  tunes  and  hymns,  old  and  new,  some  of  which  I 
have  never  before  seen  published.     Believing  that  the  work  will  be  useful, 
I  cheerfully  commend  it  to  the  Church  everywhere. 
REV.  R.  H.  ROBINSON. 

For  myself  I  had  rather  have  it  than  all  the  note  books  and  singing  books 
that  have  ever  been  published.  Those  good  old  tunes,  so  rich  in  childhood 
reminiscenses,  fair  and  pure,  and  warm,  as  when  first  inspired, —  are  not 
bleeding  and  mutilated,  and  deformed,  as  sometimes  presented  in  the  fustian 
efforts  of  revising  ancient  harmony. 

77/6'  Guide  to  Holiness. 

This,  we  think,  is  one  of  the  best  selections  of  revival  melodies  we  have 
met  with.  The  editor  of  "THE  REVIVALIST,"  we  believe,  has  taken  pains 
to  present  the  tunes  as  nearly  as  possible  as  sung  by  the  original  composers. 
It  is  really  refreshing  to  see  many  beautiful  old  time  melodies,  and  also  a 
large  supply  of  new  and  most  approved  airs  given  in  a  form  so  compact. 


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C  O  MM  E  ND  AT  10  NS  : 

BISHOI'  W.    K.    MALLALIEU. 

I  have  examined  the  plan,  and,  to  some  extent,  the  contents  of  this 
book  of  Brother  Hillman's,  and  believe  it  eminently  calculated  to  fill 
a  real  need  of  many  ministers  and  other  Christian  workers. 

REV.     K.     WENTWORTH,     1).  D. 

I  have  examined  the  work  of  Mr.  Hillman  with  great  interest  and 
pleasure,  assured  that  it  fills  a  place  not  heretofore  occupied,  and  that 
it  will  be  of  great  service  to  seekers  for  the  truth  and  to  those  engaged 
in  directing  others  in  the  search. 

BISHOP   JOHN    P.     NEWMAN,     D.  U. 

How  is  it  that  a  text  of  Scripture  floods  the  soul  with  light  ?  This 
is  not  true  of  any  uninspired  language,  however  excellent  it  may  be. 
The  Divine  word  fits  the  Divine  thought,  and  both  fit  the  wants  of  a 
lost  soul.  "What  oft  was  thought,  but  ne'er  so  well  expressed." 
Christ  knew  this  and  resisted  the  Devil  with  quoted  Scripture  ;  the 
holy  Apostles  when  they  spoke  and  when  they  wrote  made  quotations 
from  the  Blessed  Book. 

Mr.  Hillman  has  followed  their  example  in  this  his  book,  which 
will  cause  ministers  to  bless  him  for  his  labor  of  love  and  sinners  to 
see  Christ  as  never  before. 


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